Ask JTF For March 25 Broadcast

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Dear Chaim,

Last week I meant to say the "Chabad siddur" on the Hebrew Ask JTF but I spelled it with a sin rather than a samech so you thought I meant a shin, therefore making it shidur.

Since Ethiopians didn't have to convert and The Bnei Menashe did, all Bnei Menashe are religious but not all Ethiopians are religious.

I wasn't clear when I was asking you if you thought people were white. I meant whether you believed they were racially Caucasian. I use white interchangeably with Caucasian except for Ethiopian Jews whom I consider to be black Caucasians. The reasons I use white interchangeably with Caucasian is because the term white was applied to the race by Euro-Centrists. In reality, no one is white. Caucasians are really can range from peach, tan, to brown. But these aren't racial names. White is the racial color name. in the same way, Negros are really dark brown and not black. Orientals are tan and not yellow, etc.... 

Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim,
Chief Administrator.

[Chaim, Jr.]

Chaim:  Let us be frank.  Rabbi Kahane was a close friend of a mafioso murderer by the name of Joe Colombo.  By anyone's book, this is a Chilul Hashem.  On Yom Hadin, The Day Of Judgment, The Rabbi faced Hashem and had to be judged on this fact and there wasn't an overriding good that could be spun out of this relationship.  Although the sum total of the Rabbi's life was undoubtedly positive, this was not his finest hour.  Do you have a thought about this?

[Israel]

Shalom Chaim,

What is your opinion of UOJ (Un-Orthodox Jew). He is Orthodox in Judaism, but not following the crooked Jewish "Orthodox" establishments. He exposed the child molesters in the Yeshivas, and had a long article wrote about them (to expose them) in New York Magazine. He ended up getting some of these sick people thrown out of their teaching positions. The most famous predator he exposed was Joel Kolko who taught first grade at Yeshiva Torah Temima. He further was able to prove that the Yeshivah administration knew about it all along. He also exposed the vile fraud Yirsrael Belsky yimach shemo, who is considered a great posek in NY. He permitted an eshet ish to remarry without a get, because he got a admitted zona to say she slept with the husband and had aids. The husband provided lab test to refute the gentile prostitutes claims, and yet Belsky said she can remarry. It ended up, that Belsky was paid $250,000 in cash to do it. The wife ended up getting a get, because she didn’t accept his P'sk.

Here is a link to his site: http://theunorthodoxjew.blogspot.com

Here is a link to the pdf format of below (has the din torah papers and the signatures of those involved): http://www.israelappel.com/yisroelbelsky.pdf
From his site:

A REVOLUTION AGAINST THE HOLY TORAH

A horrible abomination was perpetrated against the Torah. A married woman from a financially wealthy family obtained from a so called "rabbi" a "heter" to commit blatant adultery, after the "rabbi" received a hefty fee from her father. After the money was in his pocket, this so called "rabbi" performed a hocus pokus annulment in the style practiced for centuries by the Catholic Church. In fact, the annulment was based on testimony from a female witness, an admitted zona by profession, who is not of the Jewish faith. This so called "rabbi" furthermore falsely established that the husband had been infected with AIDS, something which the husband refuted by means of documented blood laboratory test results. Thus, the woman who had been married for almost a year and separated from her husband almost six months was advised that she may re-marry without need of a Get.

We are forbidden from remaining quiet over this terrifying event and great chillul Hashem. In these troublesome times, we must pray that these atrocities are not the cause, or tip the scales of Justice, in favor of Heavenly punishment against the entire Tzibur chalilla. Accordingly, we are obligated to vehemently protest this criminal abomination. This dishonorable "rabbi" must be prevented from continuing his shameful and detestable conduct. This so called "rabbi" cannot be permitted to rip out the laws of the Torah in order to fill his pockets with illicit bribes. This so called "rabbi" should forthwith sever all connections with the Jewish community. He has no Jewish neshama. He should live at the Vatican with the men and women he sincerely respects.

The story:

In the month of Cheshvan 5761, the subject couple was married and lived in New York . As noted above, she was from a very wealthy family. Unfortunately, the husband got involved in some credit card scandal and landed up in prison. Subsequently, the wife sought to be divorced from her husband. However, the couple were unable to resolve some monetary issues and therefore they have not reached a final settlement. The disappointed wife was thereafter advised that there was "magic help" available for her at the Yeshiva Torah V'daath. And so, she was off to see the Wizard of Ozzus, namely "Rabbi" Israel Belsky, to obtain her Catholic style annulment.

"Rabbi" Israel Belsky, began to salivate when he learned he was going to be approached by the wife and her wealthy family. That like on a cash-register, large dollar signs appeared in his eye sockets. "Rabbi" Israel Belsky saw another opportunity in his dirty hands by where he can continue to make a lot of money from selling the Torah and its' Shulchan Aruch down the river. It was of no importance, the terrible consequences his evil conduct would bring against Klal Yisroel (i.e. neeuf, mamzeirim).

Belsky figured "I will help this poor soul whose father has the big bucks. I will convene a "beis din" with my fellow scoundrels, where a shiksa employed as a zona (gentile woman working at a house of ill repute) will be an acceptable witness to testify against the husband. We will not invite the husband to our "beis din", lest he appear and defend his reputation. My "beis din" will then falsely ascertain the husband as having been a frequent patron of such ill reputed establishments prior to his marriage. My "beis din" will then further establish without witnesses that the husband was also "probably for certain" infected with AIDS prior to his marriage. After we certify the husband as having been "probably for certain" a carrier of the infectious AIDS disease at the time of his marriage, we will consequently rule the husband as being definitely unfit for marital relations with a wife. In conclusion, my star chamber beis din will permit the unfortunate wife to seek another husband without any need of a get.

The job of carrying out his halachic scam, at first appeared easy. To give his fictitious annulment a professional appearance, Belsky shamefully utilized a very select collection of authentic Halachic Teshuvos (responsa) from Poskim. Only, the selection of Halachic Teshuvos used were outrageously with no connection to Belsky's self-produced fiction about the husband. His comparisons were totally unrelated, illogical and did not even pertain to his self-created falsified situation.

Belsky then called together his lowlife friends. Them being a group of five (5) rabbinic scum, all of whom (with [probable] exception to the listed purported Kohen) were involved over the past eleven years with directing and/or implementing mafia style kidnappings, beatings and invalid Gitlin. Each of these rabbinic racketeers were instructed to bring along their rubber stamp so as to embellish their fabricated decision to appear very rabbinical and trustworthy. Those that did not have a rubber stamp were advised to quickly order one.

Only after Belsky obtained the signatures of his five cronies, did he realize that he and his rabbinic scum would not be accepted by the true chashuva Rabbonim in the community. And so, a campaign by Belsky himself to obtain the signatures of a few sincere New York Rabbonim was implemented. Belsky made the calls to certain well known Rabbonim, in the hope he could dupe them to sign their good name in support of his dirty lies published against the husband. Fortunately, Belsky's plan failed completely. Each of the Rabbonim and Roshei Yeshiva refused to go along with him. In fact, they were unaware of thelies and deception being perpetrated, only they each found his counterfeit annulment as being ridiculously irrational, illogical and coated with Belsky style stupidity.

Without the support of any reputable Rav in America , Belsky directed his efforts toward Eretz Yisroel. To approach Rabbi Elyashev was out of the question. Some years back Belsky was caught lying to Rav Elyashev in another story regarding a forced invalid Get. In that story, Belsky falsely claimed that his kidnapping and mafia style torture of an innocent husband from Borough Park (story published in Newsday March 8, 1998, with Belsky's picture) was sanctioned by a former Rosh Yeshiva of 'Chaim Berlin' living in Far Rockaway. That Rosh Yeshiva upon learning that Belsky was falsely using his name, wrote a letter to Rav Elyashiv and to the "Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah" stating that "Rabbi" Belsky is a "liar" and should not be believed a single word that goes out from his mouth. In that case as well Belsky and his mafia group tried to permit a woman from Montreal to commit blatant adultery, Rachman Litzlon. All the Gedolei Torah vehemently protested against Belsky, and ruled that the woman is an Eshes Ish. Now again, Rav Elyashiv refused to accept "liar" Belsky.

As such, Israel Belsky hoped to succeed between the Israeli Sefardic Rabbonim, a group less familiar with his deceptive practices. Immediately a fax with the falsified annulment (which includes his illogical teshuva) was sent to Harav Ovadia Yossef Shlita. It was Belsky's silly hope that Rav Ovadia Yossef Shlita would be too busy to read the papers, but would issue a quick endorsement after seeing the signatures of all the rabbinic racketeers with their fancy rubber stamps and self proclaimed titles. (See p. 13, Hebrew side)

On this point Belsky was half correct-Rabbi Ovadia Yossef Shlita was too busy to study Belsky's asinine papers. Upon his


gabbai telling him that the papers pertained to freeing a married woman without any Get, Rav Ovadia Yossef Shlita insisted that it cannot be. Instead of bothering to read the papers himself, Rav Ovadia Yossef Shlita directed that it be sent to Rabbi Shalom Messas, the Sefardic Chief Rabbi in Jerusalem . However, the response of Rabbi Messas toward the false annulment knocked a great blow to the face of "Rabbi" Israel Belsky and his entire conspiracy.

The Chief Sefardic Rabbi Messas wrote as follows: (As translated from the Hebrew)

"The testimony about the husband being a patron of a house of ill repute, was based entirely upon the testimony of a Goya [who is a harlot by profession], which under halacha such testi­mony is totally invalid, untrust­worthy and valueless. This and all other facts presented [by Belsky] have no standing whatsoever. Furthermore, laboratory tests show conclusively that the husband has no AIDS..."
Rav Shalom Messas

Rav Ovadia Yossef Shlita, upon learning of the Belsky trick, wrote a postscript to Rav Messas' letter, saying:

"I agree wholeheartedly to what the chief rabbi of Jerusalem wrote, and the woman is still an Eshes Ish." (See p. 16, Hebrew side)

It is noted here in the spirit of mockery and jest toward Belsky's stupidity: If the husband was "probably for certain" infected with AIDS prior to his marriage, then after eleven months of living with his wife derech ishis, the wife too was "probably for certain" infected with AIDS. Why doesn'tit appear to those fools that still swear by Cardinal Israel Belsky and his silly annulment, that by allowing the married wife to - - - around without a Get, that Belsky is undisturbed about "probably for certain" spreading the AIDS epidemic. (see letter of Rabbi Shlomo Miller Shlita from Toronto (p.19)

The Chazal teach us that "Kol Haposal B'mumo Posel”. In the report above, Israel Belsky sought to defame the husband as a carrier of a deadly disease. In truth it is Belsky that is diseased. He is infected with the contagious kofer b 'ikar disease. At this time many of the talmidim at the Yeshiva Torah V'daath are "probably for certain" carriers.

And now we question:
Why does Yeshiva Torah V'daath permit walking sewage to occupy a seat on its faculty?

Why does the Yeshiva Torah V'daath still pay a salary to Israel Belsky, a profane heterodox Apikores?

And, why is it not any concern to Yeshiva Torah V'daath that their bachurim are being corrupted away from the Derech HaTorah by "Rabbi" Israel Belsky by his blasphemy against Shamayim?

The Yeshiva Torah V'daath, by permitting an immoral and dishonest creature like Israel Belsky to be engaged in chinch of young talmidim, is responsible for the spiritual poisoning of their students' neshamas!

Yeshiva Torah V'daath should not be permitted to continue destroying the "Torah and Klall Yisroel by means of Israel Belsky!! Demand that Israel Belsky be flushed out of Yeshiva Torah V'daath forever!

By Alumnies of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath


A REVOLUTION AGAINST THE HOLY TORAH
Translation from Hebrew letter
Rabbi Aaron M. Schechter
Erev Shabbos Parshas Tetzaveh 763
To the Honorable Rabbis Shlita;
We are hereby requesting of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of America to seek rabbinical determination regarding a "serious" matter - That is; the 'Torah position' as commanded to us via Moshe Rabeinu, our heritage which is the Mesorah passed on to every generation, through our teachers and our beacons, the Gedolei Hador.
The situation is as follows: It has recently become known here that Rabbi Israel Belsky prepared a "heter" to remarry for Mrs.... on the basis that her marriage was in error. I spoke to him twice, since he is considered a scholar from the Torah camp, as to whether he would actually permit this without consent of a superior Bais Din of our generation. Besides that this is a sign of throwing off the yoke of Torah, much worse, this opens the gates before many small foxes who stand ready to destroy the vineyard. He answered, that he intends to seek consent and that he would not act unless called upon by the Gedolei Hador.
Behold! It has now become evident to us, that her family, based upon the "heter", is actually occupied in seeking a "shiduch" for her even from among yeshiva students! We never imagined that anyone would accept upon his soul to do this!
Behold! A copy of the "heter" we place before you - however, aside from this, [on such] our souls are pained as we are suffering greatly from the Chutzpah of the Messianic era in a frightening manner. We do not lack voices demanding that the "rabbis" should invent dispensations for Agumos to remarry. The world is full with their "kindness". And to our embarrassment and pain we do not lack volunteers who assume responsibility upon their shoulders who say "I am a rabbi," [and] the power of arrogance is greater. And from those who participated in this "heter" the extent of these points can be proven.
If on a stringent matter in Jewish law such as the status of an "Eishes Ish" and on a holy matter as the purity of Jewish ancestry, leniency in a new fashion that does not exist in our Mesorah will be taken in our community without consulting leading Poskim of the generation, it will result in weeping for generations - everyone will act in accordance with his own biased view to compare one situation to another. And within a significant part of orthodox Jewry, light-mindedness will prevail, respect for Torah will sink, and incurable anarchy will ensue, heaven forbid.
Reformers will clothe in joy since they will sense that fear of G-d which precedes Torah is no longer a barrier to them, since the Torah camp has set an example to them, that they do not seek decisions in accordance with Torah law and there will be no constraints against all sorts of evil spirits blowing, and the Torah will become a forgery and Koheles Yaakov will conceal her face in the ground with the trampling of her heritage.
There is a root to the oral Torah through which G-d nourishes Klal Yisroel - they are the pillars of judicial Poskim - from them law and justice will go forth to the entire Jewish community. Our eyes are dependent upon the Torah nation to stand by us in this critical period. May G-d bestow strength upon his nation and [with this] G-d will bless his nation with peace.
With wishes of establishment of peace, goodness and blessings, to our Rabbis may they be blessed with longevity.

/s/ Aaron Moshe Schechter
/s/ Shraga Feivel Cohen
Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin 11605 Coney Island Avenue I Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230

[jsullivan]

I'm posting this for Yacov Menashe.

Do you consider Turks to be racially Caucasian? I do.

Do you consider all Jews to be Asian, even Ashkenazim? I do.

I mean Asian as in the continent because Israel is in Asia. I just wanted to make that point clear because a later poster thought I meant Asian as a racial term, the way Orientals have in a racist and ethnocentric manner, hijacked the term Asian to mean Oriental.

[Trumpeldor]

Hi Chaim

You do so many shows each week, speaking sometimes for hours at a time. How do you keep your voice from breaking down?

Alcohol,cigarettes, and prescription meds are killing people this very minute. All are backed by powerful lobbies. For example, the group called 'Partnership for a Drug-Free America' receives millions of dollars from the aforementioned industries. The fact that a minimal possession of marijuana often warrents 30 days in prison and a $ 1500 fine is just plain wrong, regardless of one's personal view of the drug. I believe that marijuana in small quantities should be decriminalized. What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business-not the government's. I'm pretty sure you will disagree but I await your response.

Note: Please ignore the following. It is my question for next week. Do you take naps regularly? Is napping healthy? If so, what time of day should people take them and for how long?

[Allen-T]

Hello Chaim,
I wanted to tell you I agree with you 200% about pets. I once had a nutty girlfriend who thought her cat loved her. Just like you pointed out, I proved to her that this wasn't so by having her sit in one corner of the living room and say to her cat all kinds of nice things while I sat at the other end of the room calling the cat stupid and lazy but waving some tuna fish. Of course the cat came to me. Chaim, has it been your experience that often there is a direct relationship between the degree people obsess over animals and their indifference to people. Hitler was obsessed with animals, Charlie Manson as well. I am not saying you have to be a sociopath to like animals, but I have found really hateful selfish people often are the biggest animal lovers. I think in part it's because a person-hamster relationship is not challenging, it's easy and doesn't demand too much. Thanks, Allen-T.    

[Lisa]

Dear Chaim,

You said on last week's show that Jews are not allowed to convert to Christianity even if they're threatened with death.  So in your view, does that mean the Marranos, who pretended to convert during the Inquisition, were all sinners, and that they're all in Hell now? 

Thanks.
Lisa

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

Shalom Chaim,

1: You were correct that most Tamils are nominal Hindus, but they really practice a hybrid of Hinduism and Islam (that is much closer to the latter). The Tamil Chola dynasty had a lot of contact with Arab traders circa 1000 CE. Ethnically, racially, linguistically, and religiously, these Dravidic Nazis are very different from the Sanskritic/Ayurvedic northern Indians and Sinhalese. In light of their hatred of Israel and their devotion to shahidism (they even taught it to other Muslims), I think it's safe to call the Tamil heroin dealers/child pimps Muslims for all practical purposes--just like the Maronite/Orthodox Arab "Christians" who worship Hezbollah and the PLO. Pakistanis are the Bosnians of south Asia and Tamils are that subcontinent's version of Albanians.
The only thing preventing the formation of Tamil SS units was that Hitler's influence didn't extend that far.

2: What would a Kahanist regime do about Christians and non-Christians intermarrying in America/Israel? This is every bit as severe a problem in the West as Jewish assimilation is. So many believing women get suckered in by secular men (and this is usually how it happens) because they are desperate, the guy is a smooth-talker, the simple demographic fact that more females become Christian than males, etc., and it almost always ends in disaster for the believer. Would Kahanists attempt to stop this abomination?

(BTW, the leader of the Russian Nazi Party is Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the Austrian Nazi leader is Joerg Haider. Blessings, Chaimfan)

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

Note: Chaim, this is a reply to Ex-Likudnik, not more questions or comments for you.

No one has ever died from smoking marijuana.

I seriously doubt that.

Its label as a 'gateway' drug is a logical fallacy. For example, out of my peers who use it recreationally, few, if any, have transitioned to harder drugs.

That isn't a promising sales pitch.

It just so happens that people who do hard drugs often started with marijuana, but it is fallacious to argue that this drug in of itself is a 'gateway.'

You say it's fallacious but you admit that people who get on hard drugs start with weed? 

The fact that a minimal possession of marijuana often warrents 30 days in prison and a $ 1500 fine is just plain wrong, regardless of one's personal view of the drug.

In a perfect world, pushers would all be executed and garden-variety users would just be sent to mandatory treatment or fined, but that ain't gonna happen. Legalization will destroy millions of people.

I believe that marijuana in small quantities should be decriminalized. What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business-not the government's.

Couldn't Tonycali argue the exact same thing? In fact I think he has. 

I'm pretty sure you will disagree but I await your response.

Yeah, and I'm gonna disagree too, Jabo. You can't compare a narcotic like weed to alcohol and tobacco. Tobacco is an extremely vile substance, but it doesn't take a person's senses, free will, or ability to drive safely from him/her. Alcohol CAN be a terrible drug, or in moderation it can be quite harmless and perhaps even healthful. There is no way to use weed without getting high. It's a narcotic just like opium. If you want to argue that it is a painkiller, I will give you that, but we don't let people grow their own poppies to smoke the resin because they have terminal cancer.

Chaimfan

[angryChineseKahanist]

1:
Chaim, I think the Gods such as the Greek Gods and Goddesses may actually be what we refer to today as
angels and spirits. For example Antinous jumped into the Nile and was made into a hero-G-d - he may actually be some kind of hero in the heavens, but not the creator.
If Meir Kahane lived in Rome, Greece or Egypt, he would have been converted into a G-d.

2:
I agree with you on fake sugar, not that table sugar is good.
Diet soda tastes like dog crap and regular soda is so overloaded
with sugar and sometimes caffeine. Both are bad for you and does nothing
for your thirst - although cold soda makes you think it does.
There's nothing like a pint of room-temperature water.
A cup of tea is nice too. I think you mention tea sometimes.
And there's nothing like a dog or cat to knock over your
thirst quenching room-temperature water. I'm not Jewish and
I agree with the Talmud that they are unclean to have in the
home. They crap all over the place. You slave for them for years
and get nothing out of them after fifteen years. A little child
is much better to have - they only crap all over the place for two years.
Except blacks, they crap all over the place until they get shot to death
in a drive-by - usually under age 30.


KFC/Basketball season

Jabo/Ex-Likudnik
No one has ever died from smoking marijuana.

Hey, Jabo/Ex-Likudnik, keep smoking that stuff, it's good for you.
I'll throw a nickel in your cup.
I'll know it's you if I see a really cool guy shaking on the streets.
I hope you actually don't smoke that stuff or anything at all.

[Fruit of thy loins]

Dear Chaim

What is your view of those who advocate a gold standard: Lew Rockwell, Ludwig von Mises, Murray N Rothbard et al?  When you take power in Israel will we have a gold standard or will you we a central bank that is permitted to print fiat money?  My degree is in economics and I know all about the mainstream view, which says that the gold standard is a bad idea.  But the idea of falling prices every year as would happen with a gold-backed currency sounds like a utopia.

[YESHA]

Dear Chaim, how are you,
Comment: My father [whom I have not gotten back YET on speaking terms with] keeps on saying that Britain is a ‘Malchus Shel Chessed’ and the ‘best country on to live in’, ‘we are so lucky’, he wouldn’t go elsewhere. He recently went to Israel, which was a 25 year gap since he paid a visit to that county last. He says that he would go ‘every so often’ – maybe once a year to the Holy Land. 

Question - I get very upset when he says that. I do not know why he has such a twisted and blinded vision – is a ghetto ‘Diaspora’ mentality? What do you think is behind it? Unfortunately he is quite an ‘aksion’ said: ak-shern – “stubborn”.   

[Maimonides]

Shalom Chaim and thank you as always for your hard work and answering my questions.

Why is it that you sometimes talk about the need for Jews to save Western Civilization?
Isn't Western Civilization the antithesis of Judaism, which is a separate civilization onto itself?

Do you not feel somewhat glad the Europeans are facing immanent destruction for their sins against Hashem?
If Jews save them are they not setting themselves up for another betrayal because at the end of the day Western Civilization just like Islam seeks to impose it's will around the world and instead of spreading the Koran, it seeks to spread what it calls Globalization?

[kahaneloyalist]

Dear Chaim,
      In Gemara Sanhedrin we learn that Bar Kochba's initial avera that prevented him from becoming Mashiach was his alliance with the Goy Samaritans. From this the Rambam learns that it is issur to make alliances with Goy nations. On the other hand purchasing weapons and services from Goyim is permissable, do you think that a alliance between Jews and Christians is basically the same Avera of Bar Kochba?


      I have to disagree with your statements about various Jews not being in Shamayim, as I am sure you recall from Gemara Sanhedrin there are only two very specific averot which prevent a Jew from having a place in Olam HaBa, the first being marriage to Goyim, and the second being treason to the Jewish people. Treason is further defined, surrendering land, turning Jews over to Goyim, insulting Goyim, even if they are righteous is certainly not included in treason. So unless you can prove with proper witnesses that Jews committed treason, or married Goyim saying they have no place in Olam Haba is issur.

[judeanoncapta]

Shalom, Chaim

As of this writing, 15 British soldiers have been detained by Iran at a place called Shatt al-Arab. Ironic, huh. Do you think that Iran will hold them for a long time to rub the West's face in it. Or do you think this is a non-incident. It seems to me that Iran wants a war with the west, badly. They seem to be doing everything they can to make it happen. What do you think?

Also, do you think that it would have been good if those Bat Ayin guys had succeeded in bombing that Muslim Nazi Girls school? And do you think that a kahanist government would secretly support similar actions?

[tonycali99]

chaim, i didnt look for gay p'pl, but the homosexual's around here dont tease me for my sttutering & dislexia & bieng tall and overweigt. they except me for me and i wont reject them for there auriantation even thogh i dont like it. yes there are anti cimetic gay's on campus but im not cool with them. also one of my gay friend's says hes a virgin, not sure if i bye it thogh. i have only three good hetro friend's.

ok one, in clasical lit last fall we learned all of ansient greek and rome were homosexual and it was normal their, is that true or are they lyeing to me like you said about the other stuff?

two, does jTF want to use hidden camera's and cervaylance to catch people haveing gay sex, i mean that might work but itd be awfful gros's for the cop's who watch the closed circit tv's!

i really do thank you for being pacient with me & my questoin's. tonycali

[Manch]

Dear Chaim,

1) I strongly disagree with your comments on pet ownership and was surprised by the weak arguments that you , Chaim Ben Pesach the great debater, put forth. The joy of children is not contradictory to love of pets. I, for one, have a wonderful baby girl and we are planning on having couple more, B”H and I sincerely wish you the same. Dogs, in normal families, are not only healthy for children but also very safe. As far your story about a German shepherd that ate the kid, although believable, I relegate it to the category of “bobysy maisy!”  For one story like that, there are thousand upon thousands true stories of dogs saving live of children -from warning about CO2 gas to fire, from preventing abduction to dying defending a child from wolves, etc, etc. And, in your story, the dog was owned and abused by crack dealers! Do you know that evil Nazis drove some mothers in Leningrad during the blockade to eat their own babies due to starvation? My grandfather Z"L, who was a state prosecutor at the time, told me a story of a woman selling hamburgers made from her children during the after-war famine in USSR”

C’mon Chaim, you can do better!

And finally, as far as your concern about loosing me or other pet owners as supporters – it is unfounded. I love you and respect your honesty and support the cause you dedicated your live to. As long as you are not going to ban pet ownership in Israel and stay away from my private live and keep your business to the realm of public affairs, I’ll continue supporting and helping JTF.

PS. Just Google this phrase: “dog saved baby live” to see thousands of results:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu6vZwwBGs_AAFx1XNyoA?p=dog+saved+baby+live&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv1-mdp&x=wrt

PPS. You probably will like Canaan dog – a national dog of Israel, at least I think your close in temperament to him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan_Dog
Temperament:
Canaan Dogs are natural, aloof, independent dogs. They are intelligent and learn quickly, but may get bored with repetitive exercises or become oblivious to commands if they find something of more interest. They are cautious with strangers, and will alert to any disturbances with prompt barking, thus making them excellent watchdogs. The Canaan Dog is territorial and should be kept in a fenced-in yard.
Reminds you of anyone? 

PPPS : The excellent “Story of Jesus” Documentary showed archaeological dwelling of Israelites showing the pets lived under the same roof with people.

2)   I am very distraught with the state of Jews. I don’t think that you answered my question posted last week: You answered what Jews should be. I asked: “What kind of people are we?”  Please provide your diagnose summary of the state of Jewish religio-nation.

All the best,
Manch

[Dr. Dan]

Happy Pesach...Next year in Jerusalem.


1. How is animal sacrifice such as described in the Torah a "higher" form of worship compared the way we sacrifice our hearts when we pray to Gd today?  I can't see animal sacrifice to be more fullfilling than praying and wearing t'fillin and ruach in the days of the third temple Gd willing in our lifetime.

2. When you walk the streets of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn etc, do people recognize you? do they applaud you? or harrass you? What do you do when someone recognizes you? Are you respected in your community in Queens?

Thank you as always. Looking forward to your response.  Enjoy the rice and matza .

[MasterWolf1]

Hello Chaim,

I really enjoyed the YouTube "Bus Accident" I shared it with a lot of people and they too love it.  And we do hear how blacks are the brilliant scientists and strange enough I was watching Discovery of all the scientists either space travel or oceanography (very interesting stuff) but every single scientist happen to of been white.  What is your opinion on going space travel including many of our distant planets? And the universe does show we have a wonderful G-D where he picked Earth as our home planet that has everything for our consumption.  The air we breath, the food we eat, the water we drink and the same water we use to bathe and the sun we need. 

And

They also had a special on Nostradamous and how some people thought of him as a sort of a prophet. What is your take on him and his predictions that were far before his time? Some of the stuff he came up with were very strange.

[Christian Zionist]

Shalom Chaim,

1. When you were fighting to free the Soviet Jews did they know that the JDL is fighting on their behalf?  Did you have any contact person behind the iron curtain? 

2. Who is Sharon Katz?  What was her role?  I read somewhere that Sharon Katz was given 3 year suspended sentence, 5 years probation,house arrest for 6 months and $5,000.  Was that accurate? Where is Sharon Katz now?

Thanks in advance!

Christian Zionist

[Lubab]

Chaim, here's an idea from the JTF Think Tank:

"Why not have Chaim and JTF take a spot on Satellite Radio. I understand that Sirius and XFM have more slots than they have shows. Heck, let's get two shows!

This wouldn't cost Chaim any time because he could simply submit the audio from his already existing Cable shows he does in Queens. Those two shows are a solid hour and half of radio (with commercials) that would be radio gold.

(I'm not sure how this works out with payment. Do they pay their hosts? Or do hosts just get ad revenue money?)

But in any case, JTF can expose itself to a new audience of millions of people around the world with its vital message, and may make some money off the deal in the process.

Compared to garbage on there now, Chaim will easily become one of the top stars of Satellite Radio. "

What do you think of this idea?

If you like it, we can have all the JTFer's start e-mailing the satellite radio stations telling them how we (and all our friends) would get a subscription to satellite radio if you had a show there.

[MarZutra]

Shalom Chaim, I am glad to hear everything is well.  Might I ask your opinion of Jean-Marie Le Pen?  As France is now a cesspool of antisemitism, moral and Islamic filth I noticed that this fellow is very pro-French culture, nationalistic, anti-UN, EU, and as "wikipedia" seems to state is "Right Wing".  What are your opinions on this man with respect to Israel and the Arabs and for French Jewish communities in general.  Pro or anti-Jew?  Worthy of support or no?  Yishar koach ve shalom...MarZutra

[Lisa]

Hi Chaim,

I have a religious question for you.  I once went to a Friday night singles Shabbat dinner, and the rabbi said that the reason we keep the Challah bread covered at the table is to not hurt the feelings of the bread.  (I inadvertently giggled out loud when the rabbi said this, and this woman at the table shot me a dirty look.)  The rabbi also connected this to Moses having his brother Aaron strike the Nile with his staff to turn all the water in Egypt to blood.  His reasoning was that Moses felt protected by the Nile, (since he floated on that river in a basket as a baby) and didn't want to strike it himself. 

Have you heard this explanation before?  Personally, I don't understand how a loaf of Challah bread can have feelings.  I also think rabbis should not be wasting their time discussing the non-existent "feelings" of a loaf of Challah bread.  There are many more important issues they should be addressing. 

Thanks as always.  Your Ask JTF program is my favorite part of every Monday. 

[frankthetank]

Hi Chaim,

 I really liked your last JTF show on the subject of energy independance.

 I wish OZ77 could produce a video on the issue and post it on YouTube.

Frank the Tank

[Global Warming is a Hoax]

Dear Chaim, I read part of an article online about how you and Robert Friedman, had an interview in a coffee shop while you drank tea and talked about how Jews must take crazy measures. When you had this conversation with Friedman amongst others did you ever have a verbal or physical confrontation with him and my second question is, is it true that you once had the unfortunate experience of meeting Schmuck Schumer while he was campaining for his first senate run in 98' and at synagogue? Could you elaborate on it for our forum members. Thanks as always, Mark (Aharon Ben Yitzchak)