יהושע שלט Josh Shalet

Career Opportunity: Building an Elevator to the Kotel!

I work at a construction site in the Old City. We’re building an elevator to the Kotel.

Morning shift only. 7:00 till 15:30

45 shekels per hour.

Room for growth.

Hard work digging in the sun.

Must be over 18 years old.

For details, call Yoram at 050-314-7001. There is a desperate need for workers.
Think of this as a big mitzvah: you’ll be enabling access to the Kotel for the mobility impaired.

Seeking Kohanim (Paid Position)

Seeking Kohanim

Nusach Frankfurt Synagogue in Beitar Illit requires a Kohen or two to join us for davening over Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkoth, and Simchath Torah
You would be doing us a great favour plus you would get to be part of a mesorah that is truly ancient
Come join us to pray in a community that prays the same way the Maharil, the Maharal, the Chatham Sofer, Rav Shimshon Rafoel Hirsch and other gedolim of Ashkenaz did
Room and board will be provided
Must be willing and able to learn our melodies and minhagim concerning duchening Yekkish style
This is a paid position for up to two Kohanim
The Kohanim may be bochurim, but must have at least a short beard if old enough to grow one
Contact Joshua Shalet 0547071654

Yom Ha’atzmauth – Joshua Shalet

I respectfully disagree with RD Bar Hayyim about saying הלל: I cannot in good conscience say it for many reasons;

1. There is no סנהדרין with such authority to make a new יום טוב
2. The בית המקדש remains unbuilt to our everlasting shame and an impure Islamic shrine stands there instead. It would be preferable if absolutely no one was allowed up there
3. The government is by all accounts מלכות שמד and a מלכות זדון
4. The Rabbinic establishment here is corrupt to the core: they cannot rule without being נוגע לדבר so long as they take gov salaries
5. The establishment makes עליה more difficult than it needs to be: they do this because they know that if a million or so authentic Orthodox Jews would come here, their power would diminish
6. The people still cling to the demented economic ideology that is socialism, the unhinged social ideology that is post-modern liberalism, and the deranged political ideology that is democracy
7. The Arabs are not being persuaded to leave (no violence necessary)

Joshua Shalet: List of Reasons Why I Don’t Vote

1. By voting I’m saying I agree with the system

2. The system is completely corrupt
3. Not one MK called for mass non-compliance during the corona restrictions
4. The system is rigged: my guy is never getting in
5. Even if he does get in, he would accomplish absolutely nothing that will shrink the power of the state
6. What about the charedi parties?
They have zero klal yisrael mentality and are stuck in the status quo ditch: they do not campaign for things that actually matter. Things such as; the temple mount, korban pesach, sound money, abolishing the IDF draft and replacing it with a paid volunteer force, getting rid of daylight savings time in the summer, the right to bear arms, ending taxes, especially the ridiculous 100% car sales tax, making it easier to make aliyah
7. “But without the charedim in the Knesset things will be much worse”
Yeah, right! The Charedi parties were complacent in the destruction of millions of lives from the corona restrictions. They allowed yeshivos, school, and businesses to be closed by force
8. Politicians’ salaries are funded by money stolen from the people. If they are caught performing with malfeasance, there is no recourse, there is no redress of grievances
9. There is a simple and peaceful way to deal with the Arab problem: pay them all to move to Arab countries
10. None of them talk about how to bring Moshiach

Josh Shalet: How to Improve Davening

My shul pet peeves, some emotional, some halachic

1. Multiple people saying multiple Kaddishim.

If there are a number of mourners, or Yethomim, they should be split up according to the rules set by the Mishna Berura. There is absolutely zero Halachic obligation to say the Mourner’s Kaddish or the Rabbis’ Kaddish more than once per day.

2. Bochurim without Talleithim: zero Halachic justification nowadays.

Older bachelors look like children when they attend Shacharis.

It is a silly custom that must be done away with post haste.

3. Saying Aleinu after Minchah.

Superfluous and redundant: adds a Kaddish needlessly and interrupts the natural flow between Minchah, Kabalath Shabbath, and Arvith.

German, Yemenite, and Italian congregations have kept the original Minhag, there is no reason other communities can’t follow suit other than purely emotional excuses.

4. Depressing or boring tunes for Lechaw Dodi and El Adon.

There are literally hundreds of tunes that a Chazzan could learn and teach the Tzibbur to sing, but alas, we are stuck with the same old basic melodies.

5. Most modern-day Shul tunes lack any depth and are mostly either kvetchy or schmaltzy.

6. People taking off their Tallith after receiving a Kibbud: you’re supposed to leave it on until after Kedushah.

7. The inaudible Hazzan: try opening your mouth!

It helps PROJECT the volume.

8. The wimpy and nervous Bar Mitzvah boy leining; tedious and embarrassing.

There are no standards these days.

When I was taught my Parshah, I received voice coaching and tuning

9. Hazzan is clueless about Hebrew grammar: most congregants don’t have a clue either, so it’s all good by them.

10. The worst offence: God’s name slurred or pronounced completely wrong outright, thus opening a halachic can of worms whether one is yotzi or not.

When I point out this error, I often hear the catchphrase: “There are other opinions/customs/traditions” or “Maybe your hearing is off”

I think ten pet peeves are enough for now.