Year: 2019

Why Wise Men Often Need to Play Dumb

Possessing humility and fear of Heaven, as Chazal say (Chulin 5b), והכתיב אדם ובהמה תושיע ה'” ואמר רב יהודה אמר רב, אלו בני אדם שהן ערומין בדעת ומשימין עצמן כבהמה, one must be careful about the result of one’s words per שמא מתוכם ילמדו לשקר, and other examples.

Someone once went to a rabbi and asked him an awkward question about Arayos, “for an anonymous friend”. The rabbi responded: I don’t understand why your friend had to go to the trouble of sending you in his name when he could just as well have come himself and told me he was asking for an anonymous friend…

Haha! Very clever. (I think the story happened face-to-face, not by letter, per the famous Iggros Moshe and Be’er Moshe: Jews asking what’s worse, Niddah or Goya?) But, now what? Do you think that fellow will ask again? Worse, what about those who merely heard this rabbi at the time, or of this same story later – might they now think twice about asking this rabbi an important question?

This is called being “too clever by half”.

Naava Kodesh: Make Eretz Yisroel Your Home Too!

Giv’at HaMoreh, Afula

The Torah community of Giv’at HaMoreh was established six years ago, and from a core group of 10 families of avreichim, has grown to over 200 families that live in the Giv’ah, in homes that, for the most part, were bought by them.

The Kehilla has the following educational institutions: a well-established and renowned cheider (which preceded the Kehilla), a Beis Yakov elementary school for girls, preschools, several kollelim, a new yeshiva ketana, and a respectable yeshiva gedolah with about 200 bochurim. There are also several shuls, a low-cost sale of basic goods, a branch of the “Mishnat Yosef” weekly sale, several chain stores, and all community needs.

There are various job opportunities in the city, as well as public transportation to the Chareidi population centers with increased service on Erev Shabbos & Yom Tov. The Kehilla was established for the purpose of having more-affordable housing available for young couples and has successfully maintained affordability by having all homes purchased exclusively through the Kehilla’s housing committee to avoid competition and keep the demand to the level of supply.

Natzrat Illit / Har Yona Gimmel

Here we have a mix of out of town feel and style, with all the advantages of being a city.

In the heart of the older neighborhoods exists a small, but steadily growing, close-knit Chareidi community of about 20 young families of B’nei Torah. Although almost exclusively Israeli, most of the community understands English, and being with an “out the box” atmosphere, are very accepting of anyone looking to join. The community is based around a kollel, though those working are no less a part.

The women meet once a month for a get together, and being far from family, are all there for each other, helping with meals, babysitting, Shabbos and more as needed.

Come add the special touch that only chutzniks can. You’ll be more than welcome!

The kehillah is located 10 minutes away from more- established Chareidi communities, with a variety of chinuch options from Mamlachti Chareidi to Yiddish- speaking – with options in between!

Also located in Natzerat Illit, Har Yona Gimmel is one of the only neighborhoods in the northern periphery cities populated exclusively by Chareidim. Rent is very affordable. There are kollellim, education institutions, and work opportunities. It is home to families from a range of backgrounds, including Litvish, Sephardic, Belz and general Chassidish.

Tzefas

The Kehilla of B’nei Torah in Tzefas is a quality Kehilla numbering hundreds of families that have moved in over the past few years. There are several quality educational institutions serving about 600 students of all ages.

The city of Tzefas, in general, is of Jewish character, undergoing a rapid “Charedization” with a variety of Chareidi Kehillos numbering altogether about 3,000 families.

The city possesses all necessary infrastructure such as a Beis Horo’oh, banks, government services, medical clinics, etc. Transportation from Tzefas to the center of the country is readily available and comfortable with about 100 trips a day.

There are also a wide variety of work options available.

Rechasim

Located at the foot of the beautiful Carmel Mountain Range, Rechasim is a gorgeous makom Torah. It offers the advantages of small town living with a large city nearby (Haifa). Life is much quieter than in the city, children can walk alone on the streets (day or night), people know one another.

The city is approximately 90% Chareidi, the mayor and city council are Chareidi.

A warm, down-to-earth community which is a great place to raise young children, to make friends, to live a frum and calm life, with more and more young Anglo couples moving in.

T’veria Illit

While being a new community where everyone who moves in is a valuable member of the tzibur, T’veria Illit is also part of an ancient city, with a rich history and Kivrei Tzadikim.

Aside from the wonderful Torah and Ruchnius infusing life in T’veria, there is also the gashmius. The heimishe infrastructure is well developed and getting better all the time. There are bakeries, large grocery stores, and medical clinics catering to Chareidim.

The positive impact of being able to have a close and personal relationship with tzaddikim and gedolim, who are among the many people coming from all parts of the country to spend Shabbos in T’veria, cannot be overstated.

There is also the wonderful, pleasant feeling of the city. Quiet and relaxed, with views of the Kinneret, the Golan, and Tzefas. Drivers stop for pedestrians with a smile. Warm and inviting, T’veria is a city of achdus.

Ma’aleh Amos

Half an hour south of Yerushalayim is the entirely Chareidi yishuv of Ma’aleh Amos, which is currently home to 50 veteran families who have been recently joined by another about 30 who moved into newly constructed apartments. An additional 20 families are on their way.

There is a local Cheider, elementary Bais Yaakov, pre-schools, a library, shiurim, learning programs for boys, workshops for boys, girls, and women.

The American-born Mara D’Asra is accessible to all.

The very diverse, but exclusively Chareidi, population includes Israelis, Russians, Americans, American- Israelis, Ashkenazim, Sephardim and Chassidim, avreichim, part-time avreichim, baalei batim, FFBs, ba’alei teshuva, and geirim. There is more development planned. About 1200 units will be built, BE”H, in the long term, on a neighboring hill.

And we haven’t even mentioned Ofakim, Yerucham, Meitzad, Karmiel…

Affordable Housing

2nd-hand – 3-rooms (2 bedrooms) from about 350,000 NIS.
New construction – 3-rooms (2 bedrooms) from about 660,000 NIS.

Community (including English-speakers)

Heimish, warm, inviting. Connect with English-speakers who have already made, or are planning to make, these Kehillos their home.

Quality of Life

Serene and relaxed, scenic, clean.

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Evil DJ Trump Denies His Benefactor, Assange

Hey Trump: Remember Wikileaks?

By 

Ron Paul Institute

June 4, 2019

Last week in an episode of my daily Ron Paul Liberty Report we discussed whether the US and British government were actually trying to kill jailed Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. More than seven years ago Assange was granted asylum from the government of Ecuador over fears that espionage charges were being prepared against him by Washington. He spent those years in a small room in the Ecuadorian embassy in London without sunlight. Without fresh air. Without exercise. Without medical treatment.

Assange’s critics mocked him for entering the embassy, saying his fear that the US government would indict him was paranoia. Then the US-controlled International Monetary Fund dangled a four billion dollar loan in front of Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno (elected in 2017, replacing the president who granted him asylum), and Moreno eagerly handed Assange over to British authorities who the same day hauled him before the court to answer for skipping bail. No medical examination after what was seven years of house arrest. Straight to court. He was sentenced to 50 weeks – the maximum sentence.

And what happened while he was serving time in the notorious Belmarsh prison? The Trump Administration decided to go where the Obama Administration before him did not dare to tread: he was indicted on 17 counts under the US Espionage Act and now faces 170 years in prison – or worse – once the formality of his extradition hearing is over. He faces life in prison for acting as a journalist – publishing information about the US government that is clearly in the public interest.

But do they really want to put him up on trial?

When US citizen Otto Warmbier died in a wretched North Korean prison cell after being denied proper medical treatment, the western world was disgusted by Pyongyang’s disregard for basic human rights. Now we have Julian Assange reportedly too sick to even appear by video at his own court hearings. UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer has investigated the treatment of Assange over the past nine years and has determined that the journalist has been the “victim of brutal psychological torture.”

UN investigator Melzer concluded, “In 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution I have never seen a group of democratic States ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonize, and abuse a single individual for such a long time and with so little regard for human dignity and the rule of law.”

Governments hate it when the truth is told about them. They prefer to kill the messenger than face the message.

Judge Andrew Napolitano wrote last week that, “the whole purpose of the First Amendment…is to promote and provoke open, wide, robust political debate about the policies of the government.”

We need to understand that it is our First Amendment that is on trial right there along with Assange. The Obama Administration – no defenders of civil liberties – wanted to prosecute Assange but determined that his “crime” was the same kind of journalism that the US mainstream media engages in every day.

Let’s hope President Trump recovers from his amnesia – on the campaign trail he praised Wikileaks more than 100 times but now claims to know nothing about them – and orders his Attorney General to stand down. Assange deserves our gratitude, not a lifetime in prison.

From Lewrockwell.com, here.