The Wonders of Bias – Between Folly and Hatred (Column 458)
With God’s help
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After receiving this morning Rabbi Zeini’s marvelous column, I couldn’t resist. So I wrote a short column of my own on the matter.
An Initial Glance
Rabbi Zeini is, by all accounts, a very wise man: a profound and original Torah scholar with broad education in many fields. I have read quite a few of his writings in the past and enjoyed them greatly. Precisely because of that, I am, time and again, astonished to read the nonsense he writes—especially when he touches current events. Here he laments Bennett’s flight to Russia in the midst of Shabbat, and says it was a desecration of Shabbat and a desecration of God’s name. He is flying to save a few Jew-haters from a death they deserve, thereby proving himself worse than every explicitly secular prime minister (for he, too, is of course a secularist with a kippah) who preceded him.
I was just waiting to see him call on Bennett to supply Russia with weapons to assist it in its blessed work of exterminating the antisemitic Ukrainians—the seed of Khmelnytsky and Petliura (of blessed memory), and their successors throughout the generations, down to Nazi collaborators and even to our own day (I’ve read the testimonies of several émigrés from Ukraine who wrote that they themselves experienced no small measure of antisemitism there even in recent years). I will add that I am willing to concede that the fact that a Jew currently stands at their head does not necessarily cleanse them of their historical guilt, though in my view it is a step forward that cannot and should not be ignored—even if it is quite convenient for us to go on playing the victim forever, as in “Happy am I, an orphan.” Americans, too, who treated Blacks disgracefully—and sometimes still do even after a Black president served there—cannot escape the fact that it marked impressive progress in the right direction.
Reading the column was embarrassing and infuriating, and I hesitate whether there is any need to explain why. Still, I will do so—before I go on to say what I think of it.
A Second Look
All that was only an initial glance. To form a position on something—certainly before leveling such harsh criticism at a prime minister—it is advisable to give the matter another look. So here are a few points that may help Rabbi Zeini in this sacred task.
First, I must draw his attention to the fact that neither he nor I have any information regarding the purpose of Bennett’s trip. There are rumors and vague reports which, in these days—when fake covers the land and fog the nations—are hard to treat as solid information. Taking a stance on something so complex when you do not have a shred of information is itself an absurd step.
But just for sport, let’s take into account the information that has been published, and suppose there may be something to it. So what do we have? (a) An attempt to enable the humanitarian exit of Jews from Russia and Ukraine. (b) An attempt to mediate between the parties to stop the fighting (which could spill over into a humanitarian disaster and a global clash between superpowers). (c) Matters relating to the nuclear agreement with Iran. And, to top it off, (d) issues of our security coordination with Russia in Syria (strikes on Hezbollah and Iranians along our northern border). Perhaps there were other matters; I did not really collect everything, and of course I don’t know everything, and I assume not everything was published.
For some reason, Rabbi Zeini chose to focus on a tiny part of item (b) in this list: stopping the fighting. Within that, he chose to focus on saving the lives of Ukrainian gentiles. And within that, he chose to focus on saving the antisemitic portion among them. That sufficed for him to explain to us all that this is a desecration of Shabbat and a desecration of God’s name, and evidence of the deterioration of a kippah-wearing secular prime minister who has become worse than all his heretical predecessors.
There is no need to note that even among the items I listed above, each one on its own justifies a public desecration of Shabbat on a Torah level by an entire battalion:
- There is the saving of Jewish lives—Jews who might be enabled to leave and be rescued. Perhaps it will even bring them to immigrate to Israel, which could affect their Jewishness and that of all their descendants for generations to come.
- There was talk of gaining additional options for action in Syria. I assume that even Rabbi Zeini shlit”a would agree that pilots are permitted to carry out strikes there on Shabbat (they already have, according to foreign reports). So the one who enables them to do so is forbidden to desecrate Shabbat? Is the rabbi shlit”a willing to take responsibility for Jewish lives and for the existential threat that would be created here if there were no coordination with the Russians? Alternatively, will he resolve our confrontation with the Iranians while our hands in combat and negotiations are tied because of an existential threat on our northern border?
- Also on the table was the emerging nuclear agreement. Suppose that, in light of the situation and his status as mediator, Bennett has the opportunity to achieve something on this issue—would that not be saving life (pikuach nefesh) that justifies desecration of Shabbat? Would Rabbi Zeini permit bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities on Shabbat? If so, then to prevent the bomb, is it forbidden to desecrate Shabbat?
- Until now I addressed only the Jews, and I assume that should suffice to soothe Rabbi Zeini and the other haters of Ukrainians shlit”a (the haters, not Heaven forbid the Ukrainians). Here it is worth adding that saving the lives of non-Jews also warrants desecration of Shabbat—according to all halachic authorities because of darkei shalom (“ways of peace”), and in my humble opinion (like the Meiri) even as a matter of law proper. I imagine there are among Ukrainians also some who are not antisemites, no? Oh, right—what about Zelensky himself? Well, he’s a collaborator with the wicked—may their names be blotted out—so let him die, and that’s that.
- Beyond all this, I explained in my essay here that one cannot and should not run a state according to the Shabbat-desecration calculus of an individual. It is inconceivable that the basic functioning of a state would be shut down, even if there is no (direct) life-threat involved. And not only because such considerations generally engender indirect life-threat in the long run (which is obviously true here as well), but because the proper functioning of public life is itself public pikuach nefesh (the existence of the public as a public is the existence of a collective organism; endangering it falls under the rubric of saving life). See my reasoning there.
- The point is all the more true when it comes to global politics. A confrontation liable to deteriorate into a world war between superpowers—which would certainly affect us and the world—will not be averted because, according to Rabbi Zeini, Bennett should have flown with a “shinui” (an unusual manner), or because he should not have missed Pesukei deZimra before “Baruch She’amar.” In the realm of global politics, all such considerations are as the dust of the earth.
Just to sharpen the absurdity of Rabbi Zeini’s words, think of a situation in which the life of a single Jew is in danger in Russia. You know what? Think of Naama Issachar, who was sentenced there to seven and a half years in prison (not death). Would we have opposed the prime minister flying there on Shabbat to rescue her? I suspect there would have been quite a few halachic decisors who would have urged him to go (yes, presumably those who, in Rabbi Zeini’s parlance, are amei ha’aretz who call themselves religious Zionists—but what makes them religious?! If that’s what he calls “religious,” then I very much hope I am not among them). So when it comes to the danger of a world war that is already claiming thousands of victims and creating millions of refugees—Jews and non-Jews alike—this would be forbidden?! Earth to Rabbi Eliyahu: do you copy?! It seems you’ve left the Shabbat boundary of our planet.
Perhaps He Should Fly with a “Shinui”?
On third thought, I have an original, innovative suggestion for Bennett: let the pilot hold the control stick (do such things still exist?) in his mouth instead of his hand—then the flight is done with a shinui (and we can debate the laws of techumin above ten handbreadths). True, one might question whether a rabbinic prohibition may be set aside to prevent a world war and save thousands of people and millions of refugees. Perhaps in Rabbi Zeini’s view “there is no wisdom nor counsel against the Lord,” and therefore even this would be forbidden. Well, he demonstrated quite well in his words that there is indeed no counsel against the Lord.
It reminds me of a story I believe I’ve already mentioned on the site (I just found it here). After Operation Defensive Shield, the head of the Halacha Department in the Chief Rabbinate (an amusing title—what does the Chief Rabbi deal with: Aggadah and philosophy? Or perhaps global strategy? Oh right, I nearly forgot: he coordinates the supply of wine and candles for Shabbat), a colonel, came to the yeshiva in Yeruham. He spoke in the beit midrash under the title “New Lessons from Operation Defensive Shield.” I expected lessons on the questions that then arose in full force (and angered me greatly—see here), such as: what do we do when terrorists hole up in areas with a civilian population—may we bomb from the air, or must we endanger soldiers’ lives so as not to harm civilians (cf. Jenin)? But that fellow did not dream of addressing such questions. That, it seems, belongs to philosophy and Aggadah and thus to the Chief Rabbi’s expertise. He dealt with more innovative and urgent questions such as one that had never before reached the table of kings—until Defensive Shield: You receive a call-up order on Shabbat. May you pack your soap, and how? (I’m not joking. That was one of the questions discussed there.) His far-reaching conclusion was to pack it with a shinui—for example, to grip it in your mouth and drop it, oh-so-casually, into the duffel bag. Good thing we have a colonel on salary to produce cutting-edge halachic lessons. Truly the Torah of the Land of Israel in all its glory. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but I held myself back (and believe me, it was very hard). You can understand that the following Purim, the soap cried bitterly (over being so contemptuously dropped into the duffel) from the yeshiva’s stages.
The Parade of Folly—or the Wonders of Reason
In conclusion, I cannot imagine even a shred of a consideration that supports Rabbi Zeini’s foolish conclusion—especially remembering that his words are written without a trace of real information, and that everything publicly available says the opposite. I ask myself: how can it be that a wise and learned man, an eminent Torah scholar like Rabbi Zeini, prattles like the most benighted of fools?
I can think of one of two possibilities, and I find it hard to decide in which of them I should fulfill the duty to judge him favorably: either the lust for publicity and provocation has driven him out of his senses, or hatred of Bennett and his government has done so. Love/lust and hatred both warp judgment. And, by the way, in my opinion neither is the first time with him. I will only add that the “or” in my words here is OR, not XOR.
I’ll end with two relevant sayings of our Sages. The first: “Any Torah scholar who lacks judgment—carrion is better than he” (Leviticus Rabbah 1:15). How can he be a Torah scholar if he lacks judgment? It turns out this can certainly be: he is a scholar, but his judgment is distorted (due to bias). And the second, to silence the predictable critics: “Wherever there is desecration of God’s name, we do not accord honor to the rabbi” (Eruvin 63a and parallels).
Just to make a slightly crooked joke – It seems clear that Rabbi Zeini does not judge Bennett's desecration of the Sabbath as an individual desecration of the Sabbath (as if they had discovered that Bennett hid in the bathroom and sewed up two Nirin houses on the Sabbath. It seems pretty clear to me that there is not a single Sabbath that Bennett, as Prime Minister or Minister of Defense in the past, does not desecrate (with permission) many times) but as a public and official desecration of the Sabbath. And just as public protection of life is especially important, so is public desecration of the Sabbath is especially important. And the issue is probably whether it was possible to bring the flight forward/backward.
Another thing, the matter really depends a bit on the assessment of Mr. Bennett, and therefore the bias here is justified. Anyone who thinks that Bennett is (a) lacking in personality and will not succeed (b) sold everything that was important to him (and the country) for personal honor and power – This is probably how Rabbi Zeini and many of Bennett's critics think about his political decision to form the current government – It is reasonable for him to think that (a) Bennett cannot achieve anything in a meeting with Putin and (b) he did not fly and desecrate Shabbat except for the sake of his honor.
You're indeed joking. If he thinks that despite all the issues on the agenda, it's clear that Bennett won't achieve anything and he's just flying, that's a bias no less serious than the one I described.
In the second paragraph, Rabbi Zini may have judged Bennett to be a liability in the case of traveling on Shabbat because his general opinion of the man is negative, which fits nicely with the Maimonides' guidance in his commentary on the Mishnah: "He judges every person to be a liability" (and also in the second paragraph, "The commandment is to do what is right"), which is said to be a mediocre person, and if there is a reasonable doubt about him, he should be judged to be a liability. However, in someone who is considered righteous, he should be judged to be a liability even if the facts are more in favor of the liability; and in someone who is considered wicked, he should be judged to be a liability. We must judge the duty, even if the facts lean more towards the merits.
To the judge, it seems that Bennett's very trip in an attempt to bring about a calm in the war is also a sacrifice for the lives of many Jews who are in the combat zones, and it is possible that in the heat of action Bennett believed that there was an urgency to do this even on Shabbat, and even if he was wrong, he should be seen as ’wrong with a mitzvah’, especially since he seems to be one of those for whom ’misdeeds are treated as mistakes’ 🙂
In any case, I have no desire to judge the Prime Minister, lest I end up in his place 🙂
With best wishes, Yaron Fishel Ordner
Regarding the political benefit of the Bennett-Putin meeting, opinions are divided among experts. For example, Dr. Emmanuel Navon claims that Bennett went too far; there is no point in talking to Putin who deceived the French leader and the German Chancellor. On the other hand, David Midan, a former senior Mossad official, believes that the chances of success in negotiations with Putin are slim, but it would still be worth trying to advance his sister's negotiations and take advantage of Putin's invitation to Bennett.
Best regards, Yaffo
It is worth noting that Putin has a fondness for religious Jews, due to such neighbors who treated him well in his childhood. It seems that he is less picky about Bennett's tweets 🙂
In the article “Israel’s Card Against the Russians,” the interviewee, Dr. Eli Carmon, estimates that Bennett did not really expect to be able to persuade Putin to moderate his stance on Ukraine. According to Dr. Carmon, Bennett’s main intention was to meet with the German Chancellor on the Iranian nuclear issue, and the meeting with Putin was only a “set-up” for the trip.
Best regards, Yaron Fishel Ordner
It should be noted that even on the Iranian nuclear issue itself, it was necessary to discuss it with Putin, in order to ensure continued freedom of action against Iran in Syria, and therefore there is reason to believe that the meeting with Putin was more than just a “set-up” in the first place, and there was also a side of self-preservation.
It is possible that Rabbi Zini was faced with an assessment by a strategy expert similar to Carmon's, that the meeting with Putin was just a "set-up", and therefore Rabbi Zini harshly criticized the trip to Putin on Shabbat.
And in this I am perfectly justified that a king does not judge and is not judged specifically by the kings of Israel, but the kings of the House of David are judged, and to paraphrase your words, we would say that perhaps a wicked king is not judged lest they reach his place, and a righteous king is rather hastened to judge. And perhaps this is where they differed, those who attacked Bennett believe that he is righteous and therefore judge him in this particular case to the point of being forced, and those who did not attack him believe that he is wicked (or the people of the land as the saying goes) and therefore do not judge him, and indeed he is as explained. 🙂
T”G – Hello,
My intention was not to judge the Prime Minister – lest I reach his place, his position as Prime Minister with all the heavy responsibility that comes with the position, and then I will discover that I am really no smarter and more successful than him.
The only position holder I am willing to be judgmental towards is the ‘President of the State’, who I am already close to, since only the road separates us 🙂 And I am willing to reach his ’place’ in the sense of ‘his position’, since speaking without executive responsibility – I know.
Best regards, Yaffo”r
Does the auditor have to be more successful than the auditee? It is enough that the auditee did not do the best he could or that there is a replacement for him. Actions that every day, for example, managers audit work on their professionalism, even though in his field the employee is much more professional than the manager, but did not do what is expected of him according to his abilities and salary, meaning that he could be replaced with someone more successful.
And if we mentioned the president of the state. Because he doesn't have political authority, but he has a rich understanding and political experience, which stood him in the past in trying to thaw the ice with Jordan, and now in trying to thaw the ice with Erdogan - maybe he is the man who can find a common language and mediate between Russia and Ukraine?
Best regards, Yaron Fishel Ordner
Natan Sharansky's concerns about the State of Israel's conduct in the Russia-Ukraine war were expressed in an interview with him in Israel Hayom, see the article Sharansky on Bennett's mediation, on the Kip'a website.
Best regards, Yifa'r
A little bit of light repels a lot of darkness. Thank you for this column (which is also obvious to me). Which raises the question: Are all the other objections to Yamina and the various reforms that are being promoted also the fruit of folly?
Don't drift in the opposite direction. Every objection should be examined on its merits. After you come to the conclusion that it has no substance, you can assume that it stems from these motives. I agree that quite a few of the objections to him are like that.
The people of Yamina are made of lies. Therefore, everything that comes out of their hands is bound to cause an obstacle. Even if on the surface it seems appropriate and appropriate.
Rav Nahat from Michal Avraham's writing. Sharp irony alongside scholarly arguments
It should be emphasized that even the skeptic of pikuach nefesh rejects the entire Torah.
The whole issue raised many questions that I had in the past regarding diplomacy and the Sabbath. Let's say the reason for the flight on the Sabbath was solely to prevent a leak that could blow up the meeting. Do you think that still justifies desecrating the Sabbath?
Depends on what's on the agenda. What's the importance of the meeting? The one that came up was too general.
A Gentile prime minister would have solved the entire religious problem.
Rabbi Zeini claims that we already have it.
Rabbi Zini Icha – This is the one for the Jewish Thought course and this is the one for the lesson between Mincha and Aravi, and not close to each other
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you found something nice on Duty for your wife (who I'm sure has no inclinations).
“When in practice the data shows the opposite – the Haredim are the public that volunteers the most and contributes the most to the state.”
It turns out that paper (digital) tolerates everything!!
So I'll try some old truths:
..in practice the data shows the opposite – war is peace and peace is war, freedom is slavery and slavery is freedom…
You spoke about a scholar who has no knowledge – and here I think that another article is needed that explains what knowledge is? How do we acquire it? Why is it not a natural byproduct of a scholar, and how do we distinguish between those who have it and those who do not? How do we know whether we are people of knowledge or are devoid of it? This seems to be the gist of the matter. Sources for further information: Rabbi Shlomo Welba's chapters on the possession of knowledge, the issue of knowledge in the Mishnah of Chabad ” and its leakage to Rabbi Hutner, and of course the thought of Rabbi Moshe Shapira, whose central link is the issue of knowledge. But what is it?! Do you, Rabbi Michi, have a place where you have addressed this? As is known in the book Anush Kachatsir, you raised your hand to explain in good taste the issue of wisdom versus understanding, and later on, kindness versus heroism. And what about the knowledge that mediates between them? Have you written about this? (As is known, between wisdom and understanding lies knowledge. And knowledge itself is composed of “knowledge of kindness and knowledge of power.” These are the essence of wisdom and understanding, and in the language of the Kabbalists: every knowledge of the highest order becomes a knowledge of the lowest order.) The matter of the mediating knowledge is in the lateral and horizontal mediation between the mind itself and between it and the qualities/emotions (Tanya, Chapter 3), and it is the central flow in all of Kabbalah literature – it is the sheki of the ilana, it is the abundance that flows from the mind to the essence.) So what is it? How can it be acquired? And when does the student of the sages not notice that he is losing it? Should its loss be compared to the feeling of spiritual vertigo (a condition in which the righteous person does not notice, like that pilot, that the water is the sky and vice versa, and he soars delicately into the ocean). In this context – How do the rabbis explain Rabbi Melamed's loss of direction, in their opinion?
You wrote such an essay here, you are asked to complete it into a complete thesis.
What happened to me that I kind of agree?
You've managed to point to the truth 🙂
‘Although it is very convenient for us to continue to approach them forever, in the sense of “Blessed is my orphan” ” –
With the forgiveness of the Rabbi, although the quote does not revolve around the main point, it is a bit jarring –
Among too many intellectuals, there is a widespread disregard for hundreds and thousands of years of sick, disturbed and cruel anti-Semitism in Ukraine and elsewhere – In Ukraine in particular, its scope and intensity make the West Germans seem gentle.
This disregard is very disturbing and raises many moral questions about those intellectuals –
According to this logic, Samuel the Ram and King Saul should not have gone on an operation to eliminate the Amalekites hundreds of years after they had sinned – Apparently, it was also convenient for them to continue to approach them forever, as if they were “Blessed, I am an orphan.”
The comparison of anti-Semitism to racism against blacks in America is also quite outrageous and would not occur to anyone with even a shred of historical awareness.
Sorry to interrupt the ease of approach. Samuel and Saul were burned with Amalek by divine instruction. There is a commandment to kill the Amalekites. Do you think that everyone who has wronged us should kill all his descendants until the end of all generations?
The comparison to blacks is very good, even regardless of the severity of the actions. If you read again, you will see that this is not what I was talking about.
We don't need to kill the descendants of our persecutors beyond the moral imperative (acts of revenge) or any security or other need, but we do need to maintain as much distance as possible - both mental and physical.
I didn't understand. Are you learning from Saul and Samuel or not? Or am I the only one who is obligated to learn from them?
And where did I write not to stay away from them?
As far as I know, violent provocation was only made according to a prophet.
The rabbi writes that the appointment of a Jewish president indicates progress – It is not clear what kind of progress is this and in what direction? Liberal, progressive, illiterate, pluralist, spiritual, atheist, nihilistic?
Seventy-something percent of Ukrainians voted for Zelensky and even more support him – The statement that this is progress has a certain proximity to the Ukrainian ethos/agenda – It is difficult to determine what the social/political significance is
I was not lazy and read both lines (both Rabbi Zeini's and the current one)
The matter is terribly simple – Now at 17:28 on Sunday’, that is, almost 24 hours after the end of Shabbat, it can be stated unequivocally that there was nothing, but nothing that would not have tolerated a delay of these 24 hours. Moreover – Even before those 24 hours the matter was clear. Shame on you and all your friends.
How can you determine unequivocally? Do you even know what they talked about in the meeting?
It's good that you let me know. I'm running to the corner to dry and gather them. What a shame. (I hope there's room in the corner for my friends too. By the way, who are they?)
Ah, I found one friend. You are invited to dry and gather with me forever.
Just one important correction: It should be "Earth to Rabbi Zeini" and not "to Rabbi Eliyahu" which I assume you wrote by mistake.
Rabbi Eliyahu Zeini.
Interesting,
In this part you are right that Mikhi is definitely a verbally violent person who verbally sprays and annihilates anyone who does not think like him.
This is a very unfortunate fact and I do not know where this stems from, perhaps from the thought that he is the smartest person in the world and that everyone who disagrees with him
is just a miserable parasite who has not reached the level of wisdom of His Excellency, perhaps it is the violence inherent in him that he has not yet managed to overcome
and it breaks out from time to time when you disagree with him.
Sometimes I wonder, maybe it is really better for me to be an idiot and not understand anything than to be wise, enlightened, and a philosopher like Michael Avraham.
But even if you disagree about the style, you should discuss the substance of the matter in any case, and there are many times Mikhi is right.
You are probably right that it is permissible to violate Shabbat in such a situation, but unfortunately Rabbi Zini is also right in that even if there was no permit, Bennett would probably have jumped on this trip.
The Holy Spirit that rested on him rests on you too. Blessed are you, Israel.
But you still have some way to go, because he went further than you (beyond the halachic nonsense in his words): He decided that Bennett could desecrate Shabbat for no reason and then accuses him of desecrating Shabbat for no reason. It's like accusing you of raping your neighbor, only because I decided that in light of my (in-depth) acquaintance with you, you must have done it.
It's enough to write: In my opinion, Bennett would not hesitate to desecrate Shabbat for no reason (as you did, without any basis of course), but deciding without any basis that he actually did it and then accusing him of it, sounds a bit far-fetched, doesn't it?
For Bennett, national and macro issues take precedence over religious issues. I didn't say without reason, only without a halakhically justified reason like Pikuach Nefesh.
According to my Holy Spirit, Bennett is an idealist overall, but Halakhah is not a candle to his feet..
Maybe you are wiser than a prophet and know that Bennett is more righteous
As for Rabbi Zini, he is probably mistaken about reality and thinks that there is no benefit at all. It is not clear to me that there is really a dispute or a halakhic error here
By the way, not a very gross mistake. It is clear that a large part of the meeting is Putin's use of Bennett for his own interests, as US senators have already claimed, but in negotiations, there are usually some gains for both sides that Rabbi Zini ignores.
Only a fool believes everything, believes that there is some objective reason for Bennett's desecration of the Sabbath, except for his huge ego.
A proud and foolish follower of Bennett – no one can tolerate him.
There are two types of fools: the one who believes everything and the one who believes nothing. And the second is superior to the first, who decides with his broad mind what the motives of so-and-so are and then accuses him of extraneous motives. And it is pleasant to hear.
In Chazal we find a negative interpretation of a positive act of a person
And they took Lot and his possessions, the son of Abram's brother, and they went, and he dwelt in Sodom. 13 And the fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew, and he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, my brother Eshcol and my brother Aner, and they are the heirs of the covenant of Abram
Rashi brings a Midrash
Midrash ben Og, who came forth from the flood, and this is the rest of the race of the Nephilim, as it is said, The Nephilim were in the land, and the Gentiles were in the land. And he plans to kill Abram and marry Sarah
Simply put, Og is worried about Lot and the sages who had ‘accounts’
I also knew that the rabbi does not deal with interpretation
Only that the statements against Bennett's trip can be attributed not as a ’halachic statement’ but as a type of ‘some of our rabbis demand to condemn’
A. I assume you meant the Chief Military Rabbinate. If I hadn't served in the Rabbinate, I wouldn't have known how to guess.
B. If I understand correctly, that colonel is supposedly the Rabbinate today, and has been the halakhic man of the Rabbinate ever since. Today he really sets the tone for ruling in the Rabbinate. In any case, as much as I don't really like it, it's hard to ignore the fact that Orthodoxy has chosen to move in the direction of a halakhic system that is entirely interested in these details, and I still think that the Rabbinate's role is to provide a halakhic response to such questions. Although I can tell you that he is present at serious exercises, and that he also deals with questions that I think are more complex and dominant from the perspective of halakhic scholars (for example, saving the lives of sting dogs on Shabbat? Is it considered?)
By the way, I also heard about the Chief Rabbinate's advisor on halachic matters (a friend of mine served in this position).
It is clear from my words that I dealt with the Military Rabbinate. I did not understand what was unclear there.
It is not about the current Rabbi. Much before him.
I did not talk about the question of whether the soap packaging is a halachic question, but whether it is the new lesson they learned and that is important to deal with. And is this the flagship in which the Rabbinate is supposed to show its relevance.
If today is different, I am very happy. But saving sting dogs is also a non-strategic question and does not concern military matters at all.
Regardless or if it is related to this article, I would like to attach an insight that I wrote on WhatsApp to my brother last night in the early morning regarding Bennett
Shmuel: What is the difference between a fool and a wise man? This year, the fifth son should be added to the Passover legend, and he is a “fool” who is called Bennett these days (it is always customary to compare and immediately add to the wise son Bibi, perhaps he is the evil one, but certainly not a fool) and is there anyone who would not want to do everything, everything, to stop this terrible bloodshed? I personally would be willing to put all our hatred towards his government aside for fun and cheer him on for life to be prime minister if he could organize such a huge thing.
But as mentioned, the difference is precisely at this point that Bennett says there is little chance of mediation and therefore he bursts out and commits suicide to insert his cold head between world powers while the wise Bibi was clear to him that there is no chance (and that is why there is a lake where there is life-saving here but there is no life-saving here). Therefore, when you do an action that if it does not help will not harm then so be it, but a hopeless action that if it does not help will harm (it is difficult for me to extend at the moment how big the damage is, the damage is enough for me right now, the damage against the United States, which already sees Israel as deviating from everyone's line in relation to the West, which is more than enough). This is a stupid and fucked-up Shiite suicide bomber who went to openly violate Shabbat for the first time in history signed with the name of an Israeli and religious prime minister, at least he should first remove the patch from his head, oh how stupid this rabbit can be and that he does not understand that Putin is using him to normalize him against Is the West that sees Putin as insane?
Right now the media has been swept up in this delusion, praising the move (I haven't seen any criticism even on ultra-Orthodox sites) I promise you it's only a matter of time before they come to their senses from this delusion and then impale the rabbit on his tiptoe (maybe even his final downfall)
By the way! If this rabbit traveled in my name as a crook who knows how to cheat as well as he cheated his voters, I'd better send the "Tinder crook"
Shmuel,
There is definitely a connection, but you are adding insult to injury to injury to Rabbi Zeini's nonsense. You have already decided that it will harm us. How do you know? You also decided that Bibi only does useful things that have no political cost. That is why he went to speak in Congress against the Iran deal and dragged our relationship with the US into the abyss, without achieving anything? By the way, I am not actually opposed to his move, but I am asking you about your opinion.
What's most amusing here is that Bennett learned from the best. He made a classic Bibi move, and if Bibi had done this, all his fans would have marveled at his genius: how he manages to maintain ties with both the US and Russia and maneuver himself and them into the center of political activity. A true political and diplomatic genius (and the moral is, let him go to the place he deserves, which is neither day nor night). The ways of hatred and bias are wonderful, did I already say?
Soap also needs to be discussed.
Sorry that I am now using a weapon that you cannot attack me with, which is the prediction of the future (only “in my mind’s eye” as you said in confirmation to David that I have been waiting for, by the way, for years that we have lived and maintained, nothing more). By the way, when everyone here and in the world wrote that Putin would not dare to attack all of Ukraine, I wrote to my brother on WhatsApp as well, “Don’t bring logic to Putin here, because we were taught in yeshiva what the destructive power of corrupt virtues is and that pride and honor are for everyone.” And I wrote to him, “You will see, and how you will see, that he will attack, and he will attack.” And I don’t want to continue writing here what else I think so as not to make people sad. I am usually a staunch optimist, so I regret to tell you to wait a little patiently to see what will happen. And the magnitude of the failure (which will actually be revealed in the result test, which helped like a cup of tea to the dead), will be the depth of the damage in the long run (unless this is a Gog and Magog war, as the various lecturers in the name of Kabbalists, whose Kabbalah is sold at a tax, warn us all the time. Enter and then the Messiah (Hinukoh??) who will probably emerge while probably receiving divine power to solve all the problems)
Indeed, I have grown weary of dealing with prophets, especially those who are experts and tested, whose prophecies have been tested against reality like a rock.
I would only like to point out that in my opinion Bennett is not a prophet either, and therefore even if he is found right in the future, it does not say anything about his decision in the present. According to Rabbi Shach's letter B on Entebbe.
You will give Bennett this to defend himself when he is executed for this recklessness if you are too young to play in the field of the prophets. Take a journalistic quote from this morning in Vint: “The Blinken-Lapid meeting today will be critical in this context. If Blinken expresses even the slightest displeasure, in the blink of his left eye, it is likely and appropriate that Israel will make a U-turn from the mediation attempt and begin to assess the damage.”
By the way, the other needs you listed as the benefit of the meeting are correct, but they do not seem to me to be related at all to the topic of discussion unless time is a factor and every minute of delay is critical and clearly not (as with the war in Ukraine).
Is this journalist also one of the sons of the prophets? Shmuel, do me a favor. Think a little before you get so excited about yourself. You're really talking nonsense.
I apologized and warned you in advance that I was using a weapon that you would not be able to attack me. It seemed that the warning had its effect and was properly understood, as you immediately wrote, “I have indeed become weak from dealing with prophets, especially those who are experts and proven, whose prophecies have been tested against reality like a solid rock.” (You did write this cynically, but even this entire title of prophet that you bestowed upon me is cynical. The main point is that a fool cannot foresee the future that a wise man foresees, and since Bennett has already been proven to be a fool regardless of this Torah passage, then this move of “the layman jumps headfirst” was probably also made out of his own stupidity, and there is no point in distorting our minds and trying to defend and rationalize his moves. And that is why what you wrote in Rabbi Schach’s name is irrelevant to our case. Let’s get back to our case.) But suddenly, after a while of the “Two Responses” lesson, you returned to attacking in an arena that you already admit is weak to deal with, so what is left for me to do? Even a prophet can do the most he can, which is to predict but not to bring his interlocutor to actually look into the future as God. So I have to wait a little while until the buds of this layman's damage begin to ripen a little and show to the eyes of the little ones from competing in this arena as you defined it. Therefore, we have to wait and every time we get a drip of indications that show that this is indeed the direction and I have indeed waited and will continue to wait. Take for example such an indication from the responses that are coming from Kiev today, a week since we spoke here
(The article is here in Hebrew)
https://m.maariv.co.il/news/politics/Article-903724
And by the way, what this layman did on Shabbat is Parashat Zakhor, whose office gave a briefing to foreign journalists on Shabbat itself about trivial matters unrelated to Pikuach Nefesh. Of course, the end proves its beginning. He did not do so because of Pikuach Nefesh, but because Shabbat is cheap in his eyes.
Hahaha what a rotten porridge he cooked for us and as time goes by it “shrinks and gets worse”
Here are the latest reports:
https://mobile.srugim.co.il/article/655345
Did you understand that, Baruch?
On the eve of Community Day 2022
To Shmuel in his readers – Greetings,
On the other hand, in the article in ’Srugim’ to which you linked, there is also a link to the article ‘Israel assesses: There is a shift in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine’, in which it is stated that both sides are beginning to ‘come down from the tree’ they climbed. Putin is no longer demanding the ouster of Zelesky and the demilitarization of Ukraine, and the Ukrainians have also begun to ‘come down from the tree’.
And things are turning out, and not exactly because of Bennett's genius talents at all, Bennett is actually serving as an ’open vein’ Of the Western countries, which are on the side of the ‘repulsive left’ towards Putin – sent Bennett to talk to him as the ’right of approach’ (or ‘right of approach 🙂
In a situation where both sides are ‘stuck in the mud’ deep, deep militarily – a cunning mediator like Bennett, who knows a thing or two about negotiating, could be the man to bring about agreements between the sides. And who knows if he hasn't ‘reached the throne’ at a time like this? 🙂
In his good days, Bennett managed to unite and reconnect the fractured and divided religious Zionism. Here he spoiled what he had fixed by being himself a ‘side’ in the conflict, a disadvantage that may not exist on the Russia-Ukraine issue. Maybe we will be able to say: ‘And Bennett is remembered for good’ 🙂
With blessings of a fruitful fast and ’Ivtsumi of Raanana’, Hasdai Bezalel Duvdevani Kirshen-Kvas
Even in Ukraine, they appreciate Bennett's mediation and are under the impression that the Russians are ready to compromise, see the article: ‘Senior in Zelensky's office: Bennett is a decent mediator. It seems that the Russians are ready to compromise’, on the ‘Channel 7’ website.
The religious are known for their willingness to compromise. It's no wonder that Bennett is credited with being the ‘connecting hyphen’ between Russia and Ukraine 🙂 And for this they were blessed: ‘Your strength in the Oriyta’ . Just as you manage to get Putin off the tree – so will you get your comrade Matan Kahane off his determined war against the Chief Rabbinate in the areas of kashrut and conversion.
With greetings, Simcha Fishel Halevi Plankton
Hahaha I told you not to compete in my arena, which is predicting the future (in the “eyes of reason”) I started at the beginning of the thread that this year we will add the fifth son to the Passover Haggadah, who is the fool Bennett. You made an effort to fight me in an arena where you are weak and today you received the answer. I hope you will say this year, together with all of us, against five sons, the Torah spoke, etc. (This is not a prayer about the past or the future, it is the reading of the present with watchful eyes) Or maybe you still believe in the mediation of this fool who rejects Shabbat because it is a pikuach nefesh? Take Amnon Abramowitz on Channel 12
https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1368831
To Shmuel in the Calling of His Name –
Bennett cannot be the ‘fifth son’ because he must be the ‘leader’, so how can he be the ‘son’ 🙂
One achievement we cannot take away from him: thanks to him, the Jerusalem Municipality was able to renovate ‘Tserfa Square’ and put a beautiful water fountain in it.
As long as Netanyahu was in Balfour, the Municipality could not close the nearby ‘Protest Square’. As soon as Bennett ‘moved’ Netanyahu from Balfour – France Square’ ceased to serve as a ‘protest site’ National, and the municipality will be allowed to close it for renovations.
Once the renovations of the square are completed, and grass and a wonderful fountain are planted in it, Bennett's historic mission will be over, and another prime minister can be brought to Balfour. That's the whole story.
With greetings, Ta'am Kikar
Regarding Abramowitz's claim that Bennett doesn't know how to choose people. I was actually amazed by the loyalty of his gang, who were willing to follow him through fire and water, to "lie on the fence for him" and to absorb the justifiable humiliations for their association with the left. God forbid, they too are fed up with it.
Even in a wonderful country, they chose to laugh at this village fool precisely on this point. It seems to me that his shame only grows stronger as the days go by after what Silman did to him. I hope for his sake that he doesn't take his own life like Chaim Walder did.
The whole amusing story about the rabbi demanding soap is a very strange disdain. Judaism is built on halacha and what is done on every point and issue, no matter how marginal (although in this case, halacha mukteza, is really not a marginal issue in halacha). The focus on issues of morality and thought (which have a place, but not as a substitute) is very enlightened but does not stem from accepted Jewish sources.
This disdain, to the ears of the uneducated, is an echo of the old (Christian and later Reform) arguments against Judaism that deals with small things instead of with the spirit and conscience.
Your ears probably really lack halachic education. Pico”n's questions are not moral and intellectual questions but extremely serious halachic questions.
And the subject of reading comprehension is also worth investing a little. I did not deal here with the question of what to focus on. I am far from disdaining the prohibitions of the mukta, and I have studied and taught them quite a bit. Pook, be brave to create.
At your recommendation, I'm trying to practice some reading comprehension, I'd appreciate some help.
What's the real message of the joke about holding the soap in your mouth? From a purely halakhic perspective, there's certainly a problem with a reservist being called up on Shabbat and wanting to take soap for himself, and there's certainly nothing funny about that. Taking it in your mouth is a change, and it's a reasonable solution depending on the circumstances. There may be other solutions, but from a halakhic perspective, there's nothing funny about that either. Why was this story brought up here as a mockery of that preacher, and why is it clear to all readers here that it's an amusing story?
Because the title of the lecture was “New Lessons from Operation Defensive Shield”. On a halakhic level, the question seems quite simple (I don’t know the answer, but it doesn’t sound like a complex question to me). And on a realistic level, the question is not significant (why does a soldier need to pack soap himself? Is there a shortage of soap in the IDF?). And the conclusion (to pack with a change) seems like something standard or, to put it mildly, a bit of a stretch. If he wants the soldiers to know the halakhic in practice, he should tell them the halakhic in practice, and if he wants to teach a lesson, then he should choose a topic that is currently on the agenda with great force.
Well said.
To what you said on behalf of Rabbi Schach, I will answer you with a question (on the basis of what you are arguing with David: is there any value in morality that comes as a motive to do an act out of emotion alone, which is similar to a sheep, and in an act that comes as a decision out of the validity of an order) Two who did an act that ultimately caused enormous harm to themselves and their people: one: he did it out of a sense of heavy responsibility and determination and special courage, and the other: he did it out of his own stupidity (which is obvious to all the sages among us, not from today). Is there a difference in your judgment after the fact between the two?
There is clearly a difference. I have written this many times. How does this relate to the discussion?
I do not intend to defend Rabbi Zeini (he does not need me). If the column was written as a ”Purim Torah”, fine (although the language of derogatory language towards the Tahseh is jarring to me, but this is your way of frowning at the better and better). But if you take what was published seriously, then it was also published that this visit was planned about a week in advance. This somewhat takes the sting out of the great urgency to fly on Shabbat in a mass desecration of Shabbat.
Also, I have already exonerated Gavra (Rabbi Beneath Shalit”a) of desecrating Shabbat in the escape from Gilboa prison, without any operational need. (As was expected in advance and confirmed in retrospect). Therefore, my trust in the purity of his halachic considerations, alas, has been somewhat damaged.
And in general, my trust in various state officials who travel on Shabbat for "life protection" has been damaged, after Raz Nizri traveled on Shabbat to participate in some discussion (now I forget what the topic was), as if it is impossible to make operational decisions without some lawyer around. After all, even on weekdays, legal bureaucracy is only a nuisance and unnecessary. It seems that Shabbat is easy for them.
It's good that he doesn't need you. With a defense attorney like that, you don't need a prosecutor.
Did you check whether Putin agreed to meet with him on another day? Are you claiming that he intentionally set it up for Shabbat? Does he actually enjoy violating Shabbat just for fun? Well, you don't need to talk about the presumption of kosher and false suspicions with the know-it-alls.
The same goes for Gilboa Prison. Do you have information that the presence of a rabbi or legal advisor was not necessary? Oh, I forgot. That's a blessing (from the mouth of a hero).
Congratulations on being able to formulate firm positions on factual questions without any information. This is truly a rare ability that deserves to be blessed with.
Indeed, as I wrote in the column, the ways of hatred and bias are wonderful. Intelligent people chatter in a kettle like the last of the fools. Thank you for another example of my argument.
For decades, extremely sensitive operational decisions were made without any public prosecutor in the room. (I know this firsthand, including my late father, who was a senior officer). The legalization of everything that moves is a sick evil that only began to spread in the last two decades, and has already cost innocent Jewish lives more than once.
The terrorists' escape from Gilboa prison was not the first escape in the history of the Israeli Security Service. In none of the previous cases was a prime minister required to be in the operations room, and certainly not to desecrate the Sabbath. Public prosecutor? Will I come?
And the one who formulates firm positions without information is precisely you. And do you know me? Have you examined me? How do you know that I have no information? Everything I wrote here and in the previous response is backed up by solid information.
I also have the feeling that Shabbat is easy in the eyes of liberal srougim. But that's just an imagination at the moment. Indeed, there is a presumption of kosher. But it's still impossible to escape this feeling, especially against the backdrop of liberal religious Zionism's obsession with pleasing the secular Ashkenazi public (a legacy from the period of the Mafdal's flattery of the Mapa Yinikim).
Are you the one our Lord who requested the requested offering in praise?
Where is Abraham our father and the kippah?
1. Everything Bennett does is on the worst side in every respect (it is impossible to imagine anything worse than it)
2. Bennett flies to Russia on Shabbat
M.S.L
Indeed. How did I not think of that?! 🙂
Rabbi Zeini's response to allegations Similar:
https://www.orvishua.net/torah/question-4066-%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%AA-%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%94-%D7%9E-%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%94.htm
So now Rabbi Zeini is also coming out as a liar, not just a fool and spreading slander and a bad name. He is even more of a fool when he does it in Milta Da'abida Laglouyi. The things he wrote are plain to see, and any reader can see that these considerations were not what interested him at all. In the original column, he started from the premise that Bennett had formed a bad coalition, and that was enough for him to draw his perverse conclusions. He also knows that his goal is only to compete with Bibi. He also writes that there is no point in saving Ukrainians, and for some reason ignores the Jews. And now he explains to us that all his words are based on consultation with experts who told him that it is clear that there is no benefit in this and that it could have been done in the world. From there, this fabrication was dropped from him in the original column.
So what do you care, if it won't save anyone, then what's the point of saving Ukrainians here?! And if it does, then there are Jews too. And maybe traveling on Shabbat does bring benefits, but only to saving Ukrainians and not Jews. The Jews are being killed in the sand.
In addition, he also decided that it could have been done at another time, without having a shred of evidence for it (except for the confirmations of Mordechai Shalit”a, from the website here, the knight of information and hatred). And he also assumes that Bennett just flew on Shabbat without any reason or benefit. So why did he do it? Just to violate Shabbat without reason? After all, he could have earned the political profit from a meeting in the sand, and even more. So what is the logic? Not only is he slandering without evidence, but he is also slandering illogically. He is inventing an illogical theory and treating it as fact. This is really stupid and evil slander.
In short, it turns out that the man is both a liar and a fool and an evil person, slandering and slandering, and also writing in halachah as the people of the land. Absolutely no shortcomings. It's good that he issued clarifications. Now everything is clear.
If you mentioned me by title, then please be precise. I am not a knight but a baron. (The great-grandson of a baron is less famous than Rothschild and Hirsch, but a baron is a baron.) In my noble and full of contempt grace, I hereby exempt you from standing up in my honor whenever I enter the site, and allow you to address me as ”Mordechai” without titles of nobility. (But if a title – then don't lower me in rank!…).
As for the rest – if I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have believed it. A rare moment of self-awareness by Rabbi Michael Avraham. Literally, it was reversed in honor of Purim the Baal”t.
To Mordechai the Jew who sits at the King's Gate – Shlomo the Great.
If your great-grandfather was a ‘Baron’ and your father a senior officer – the title of ‘Knight’ is enough for you, and many blessings to the head of Mashbir.
With greetings, Reuel Hiya Shefsil Ziegler
What moment of self-awareness did you see here? I'm still looking for it. It would truly be a wonderful moment.
Miki and I are sons of Hungarian immigrants known for their cynicism (the paprika influence).
I have less of a common language with Yakes…
And happy Purim.
In the Bible and in the Bible
To the Knight of the Shepherds, R. M. Shalom Rav,
Didn't your ancestors receive the title of nobility from Emperor Franz Joseph, who was a Yak, so it seems that you are familiar with Yakes 🙂
Even the founder of the Torah in Hungary, the owner of the Hatz, was a seal: ‘Moshe K’ Sofer from Frankfurt am Main’. And after all, they are all from the first man, to whom the Creator said ‘a-Yicha’.
There was indeed a difference in Hungarian Jewry between the ’Uberland’, such as the Pressburg area (which is now in Slovakia) and the ’Seven Communities’ (which is now in eastern Austria) who tended towards Ashkenazi customs and spoke German Yiddish.
In contrast, the ’Unterland’ (such as the region of Marmuros, which is now in Romania, and the region of Karpaty, Mönkec, Ungvar and Khust, which is now in Ukraine), where there was a strong Hasidic influence due to the proximity to Galicia (which is also now in Ukraine)
With greetings, Egor ben Yake, a man from Debrecen
On the root ‘Yake’ The Radak wrote that it is a language of "discipline and worldly acceptance," and according to this he interpreted the verse: "And he will not gather nations" that all will accept the discipline of the Messiah King (and so the Ramban brought it in the name of "the grammarians")
In the last paragraph, line 2
… The verse: ‘If he were to be born…
By the way, our current government is distinctly Central European:
Naftali Bennett, is apparently from the family of Rabbi Mordechai Bennett, rabbi of Nikolsburg in Moravia (Czech Republic). Rabbi Mordechai received the surname ‘Bennet’ from his mother's parents in Nikolsburg, who were descendants of the Kabbalist Rabbi Naftali Katz, author of ‘Smichat Chachami’.
Lapid, on his father's side, comes from the Oy-Vydek region (now Novi Sad in Serbia) and on his mother's side, he is a descendant of Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka of Celish (then in Hungary. Now ‘Vinhardiv’ in Ukraine).
Benny Gantz's father came from the town of Sobata in the Marmoresh region of Romania, and his mother, Malka née Weiss, from the village of Mazokovac’Hazá in Hungary. He was named Benjamin (Benny) after my cousin Benny Roth, who was an officer in the intelligence service and was killed while on patrol near the Gaza Strip. His parents, Nathan and Deborah, were neighbors of Nahum and Malka Gantz in Kfar Achim.
Meirav Michaeli is, as is well known, the granddaughter of Dr. Israel (Raz) Kastner of Hungary. Avigdor Lieberman's family originated in Romania. His parents fled during the World War to neighboring Moldova (which was then in the USSR and is now an independent country between Ukraine and Romania).
Eastern European Jews have one remnant in this government, Gideon Sa'ar, whose family name, Zarychinsky, indicates his origin from Zarych, a suburb of Vilnius.
Zionism began with the first immigration, most of which were Romanians, and became a political movement under Dr. Herzl, born in Budapest, whose grandfather was Rabbi Shimon Leib. Herzl was one of the few in Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai's community in Smelin, Yugoslavia.
We were blessed with our government returning Zionism to its founders, the people of Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Austria. This is a ‘returning the crown to its former glory’ 🙂
With greetings, Ben-Zion Yohanan Korinaldi-Radetzky
Our extensive family begins in Spain (from the descendants of Rachel), after the deportation to the Seven Communities, and from there spread throughout the country (from Russia, the wife of Yuri Andropov, who was also Jewish, to America, Donald Trump, a descendant of Protestants), but the vast majority was destroyed in the Holocaust. By the way, the Baroness, from whom I am descended, was, I believe, the niece of the philosopher Moshe Mendelssohn (or his wife, for family history, you should ask my aunt, a graduate family historian). The Hungarian branch is a story in itself, but we don't have anyone from the Rachel Inland.
As for Dr. Rezo Kastner, I have a story about him with my late father, but we'll leave that for another time (perhaps for Holocaust Remembrance Day, if Michali dares to try to clear her grandfather Sherry's impure name again).
Yes. I don't know how I missed the cynicism. And I'm not a yikes. I'm of Polish descent (and also Hungarian on my mother's side). And we eat a lot of paprika here too.
To ’ – Hello,
And she is the giver, because ‘paprika’ is ‘pepper-yaka’, an improved version of ‘yaka’ which is very precise, in the sense of ‘sit down to a minute, and return them to the crater that will be minute from the minute’ 🙂
And some say that ’pepper-yaka’ is named after Karl Popper, a sign of likenesses whose scientificity has been proven after passing Popper's strict ‘tests of refutation’, and as it is written: ‘Give advice and you will be hit’ 🙂
With greetings, Shamshon Hirsch
Many years ago, when I was a regular soldier, I served a Yemeni colonel who was staying at my base a salad with spicy Hungarian paprika (in a generous amount), and as a gesture he invited me to eat with him. I actually enjoyed it, but I had to call the fire department for him.
I once rode with a taxi driver who identified himself as Hungarian and took the time to tell me about different recipes he makes, and in one of them he said “… and then you put paprika, regular or sweet …”. Like tell me who the “rabbi” is for you and I'll tell you who you are.
And that's why they said in Budapest: ‘Paprika pie – two’ 🙂
With regards, Jacob Kurt Halitovsky
In the Book of the Seventy-Two, Chapter 2
On the occasion of the day of the celebration of Moses, our Lord, who put a live coal into his mouth, and his Creator kissed him with the kisses of his mouth. His words of Torah are like hot embers of fire, sweeter than honey and the fragrance of the gazing stars, he is exalted above angels and seraphim, and his grace is preserved for thousands,
And to the honor of the sharp and knowledgeable Rabbi, whose teaching is pure and pure, abundant in wisdom and knowledge, as a wise man and a wise man, the honor of Rabbi Eliyahu Azeini, may Yair shine forever, and upon him will shine his Nazarite, may the God of his father be with him, and guard him as a shepherd of his flock,
A prophet from the tradition of the Jews of the Western countries (from Rabbi Balaz), who tells of a Jew and a Muslim who competed with each other to see who could eat a hot dish without sighing. The Muslim began, tasted it and immediately felt his mouth burn and immediately began to sigh.
Then the Jew stood and tasted, and burst into song: ‘My name is Zemach, and I live in the salt, and I sell salt, and it is pure and excellent, may the Lord be blessed and praised, and our sins will be forgiven, and His anointed one will send us’ and so he sighed ‘Brother, brother, brother’ without the listeners noticing.
With the blessing of ‘Ivtisumi of Raanana’, Bernard Zusha Pferman
According to another version, the Jew sang: ‘At the end of rest, find prosperity for your people, send a place to sigh, and flee from grief and sighing’ and thus he drowned his sighing in his song.
There is no competition here. We eat a lot of paprika here, but not spicy. And just paprika in my world is not spicy. We are very sensitive to spicy. In Moroccan fish, they throw in one tiny hot pepper to fulfill their duty of food and everyone is afraid of it getting on their plate. We eat goulash, chou, rococo krumpli, bundes kanier and for Passover, paskas kava. Even my mother and her sister speak Hungarian with my grandmother and among themselves (when they don't want us to understand what they are talking about...) but I never knew that Hungarians (or any Europeans...) like spicy... What a generational decline. Now it is clear why I did not recognize the cynicism in Mordechai's words. I will go and wear black and wrap myself in black.
To Emanuel – Greetings,
If you ‘wear black and wrap yourself in black’ then you can be elected to the High Court, whose members maintain in style ‘let him wear black and wrap himself in black… and do what his heart desires’ 🙂
With greetings, Yaakov Kurt Halevi Khalitovsky-Harif
Hungarian humor is the opposite of ’cynicism’. It is not mockery that comes from contempt and hatred, but from love. Hungarian humor laughs at flaws and weaknesses, but its sharp criticism is said with a smile, which makes it easy to identify with it without being offended.
Examples of this type of Hungarian humor were Ephraim Kishon (Kishont Ferenc) who did it with words, ‘Dosh’ (Gardos Karoy) who did it with cartoons. They laughed at the flaws of society and the state, but out of love and identification. See the article ‘In Word and Illustration: On the “Hungarian Mafia” in ”Maariv” That Shaped the State’ (on the “Maariv” website).
Perhaps Hungarian humor is related to the ’Hungarian wine’ that was praised in the ‘Land of the Strangers’, which makes God and people happy. This is truly the work of the Day of Purim, in which a person is transformed to goodness, not out of fear as on Yom Kippur, but out of love and joy.
With the blessing of ‘Eivtsumi of Raanana’, Simcha Fish”l Halevi Plankton
By the way, the Hungarian language also has a sense of humor. ‘Arslan’ the name of the lion in Turkish – the Hungarians changed to ’Uros Lanyi’ [- Russian girl], because of the blond mane of hair that the lion and the Russian girl share 🙂
How is Rabbi Zeini so sure that Putin was willing to wait for Bennett for a few more hours?
Incidentally, Rabbi Zeini here gives a kind of future justification for Putin to use nuclear weapons: “What could it be? That Mr. Putin was about to drop a nuclear bomb on Kiev?! It is not impossible that such a thing could occur to Mr. Putin if he felt himself pushed against a wall”.
What a lack of common sense. What's the point of future justification for this? This is a realistic assessment that this is how Putin will behave. Everyone assesses this way.
In the letter to Itamar
To Itamar – Greetings,
On the face of it, Putin, who is in isolation from the entire Western world, needed this meeting no less than Bennett, and it turns out that if Bennett had insisted on holding the meeting on Friday or Saturday night – Putin, known for his affection for Jews in general and religious Jews in particular, would have found a suitable time during the week.
And yet, even if our Prime Minister has an appropriate answer – the question and bewilderment are in place. And it is appropriate that there be a member of Knesset who will present a ‘question’ about this to the Prime Minister demanding an explanation, if not in the plenum, due to the duty of secrecy – then at least in the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee.
Best regards, Bernard Zuscha Paperzan
Therefore, Rabbi Zini should be praised for being the first to raise the issue, could it really not have been possible to bring the meeting forward or postpone it? Following him, Haredi Knesset members also raised the issue. And the issue intensified the following Sabbath, when the Prime Minister's Office briefed journalists on Sabbath. The need for that briefing is understandable, but what is the ’pikuach nefesh’ that requires not waiting until the Sabbath?
With best wishes, Shaltiel Binyamin Kwak
Laugh and cry at the article and the comments
I agree with your statement, Zvika. Look at what “the layman jumps with one head” can do to make normative people unwittingly engage in their kindergarten games and try to explain their childish and psychotic errors. I would say that Israel activated the most severe sanction against Putin for 3 hours with Bennett (some say from Kombant) in the same room.
And to add to the glory of the “halakhic” matter here, I would add that the rabbis with sandals discussed (after the fact that they learned) this layman who violated Shabbat in public whether he should have left the patch on his head at home for fear of unnecessary shaking in the sense of “the easiest thing to do first” or because he was trying to suppress a kippah lesson with this stick on his head. We did not mention prohibitions such as “half a lesson” and the like. The easiest thing to do first.
Let me make a small comment before we dismiss the matter. That is also what dragged the only kippah-wearing person in his government, Housing Minister Elkin, into our shame on his campaign of desecration under the pretext of needing a translator, today when we learned of the wickedness of this Housing Minister who exploited the Haredim in the Shaffir project in Kiryat Gat and threw them in wheelbarrows to the dogs in a project adjacent to the Bedouins in the Negev asif (as Seifa?). This supposed reason for him traveling as a translator is probably a raven, and his entire business there was probably "deals at a high price in Ukraine." A bunch of foolish goats
The awl is out of the bag. Now it becomes clear what the urgency of the Makambant was to quickly and secretly travel to Russia. Now the Rabbi of Uman reveals that Zelensky turned to him on a mission to Bibi. Zelensky believes that only he has the power to truly mediate. The Rabbi turned to Elkin and Bennett, who are responsible for saving lives, but it will be unbelievable until Bibi is told. The guy quickly went to Putin to try to gain respect by exalting his foolish attempt so that, God forbid, Bibi will not gain world fame as someone who managed to bridge the gap. Alas, to that shame.
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