Showing posts with label LIPA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LIPA. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

A Kosher Alternative By: Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Z"L



‎"If the only way we can sell our children on Torah is by forbidding everything else, then we are bankrupt" - Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld zt’’l

"In every generation we have the likes of Doeg and Achitofel who misled great people such as Shaul and Avshalom with falsehoods and lies that caused them to try to kill Dovid!" - Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Z"L

Preface: I dont like when I'm judge by my father, I'm my own person and speak for myself, but I do need to correct a misconception that I keep hearing. People think that because my father, was a respectable Rabbi it was easy for him to stand up to the bullies or that no one tried to blackmail or censor him. There was always somebody saying he had a personal agenda. My father was even taken to Beis Din for exposing a money scam run by "frum yidden". I went with him to the beis din and it was a disaster trying to explain to the Rabonim what a pyramid scam is. My father many times had to force the charid press to remove ads that were charity scams, because they refused to do it. If you just give a look, after my father past away, most of these ads are right back in the newspapers.

Monday, May 14, 2012

My final plea to the organizers of the Asifa at Citi Field: BRING BACK LIPA!

"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past". - Thomas Jefferson
The upcoming asifa at Citi Field is fraught with problems but I propose a solution that  
will not only unify Klal Yisroel but might also right a historical wrong.

Ever since the first Asifa ad, the focus of this event has been very vague. We were told it was about the dangers of the Internet but no information was provided besides the slogan of “we can't live with it, we can't live without it.” The latest ad says even less about the content: “All the gedolim will be there, so why not you.” I’m unsure if all the gedolim will be there, but even if they will, most people don't feel we need an asifa for the sake of an asifa, especially since the Siyum Hashas is around the corner. The new plan of bussing in all the Yeshivos for free sounds fun, but do they really need to lose so much time in order to attend another shmooze? Is there no other venue to sell filtering products other than this live expo? With the way the media will portray us and the counter demonstrations outside Citi Field, this event, which may have had good intentions, will most likely turn out to be a chilul hashem of immense proportions. However, canceling the event is out of the question because a large fortune of money has already been spent. The stadium has been rented and the production companies have worked hard to set the event up.

Hears My Proposal: BRING LIPA BACK...