Just keep on spreading light and takingRead more . Mocking a tzadik or praising the tzadik doesnt change the tzadik. I think that was wrong too but Ner Yisroel bochurim were saying nasty low life things about the Rebbe. Use it for kelipa or kedusha. Ner Yisroel should be ashamed of themselves. Unfortunately we should not respond or acknowledge such debased behavior. Kos She Brocho to ghosts must stop as well guys but that is only a small crazy part of Chabad and if we did not keep who would? 2) al gav beis hamikdash Heaven help us. I would callRead more . By COLlive reporter. The adults of course. Just looking around at peulos of Shluchim and Chabad Chassidim over Purim/ker ah velt/ it is obvious that in one day The Rebbes koach is with us and continues to give us unimaginable kochos. Now back to business. BORCHAINU OVINU KOOLONU KECHOD. I can get over the shtus of making fun of us but calling the Rebbe a chamor and mocking h directly is just beyond chutzpah. The Rebbe, Inside, they hung photos of the recently released Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin and a sign Thank You Prez Trump who pardoned him. This was not a Ner issue but a private one at Ner. It is not signed by anyone. No worries, plenty of litvaks are actually promoters of achdus even when they hold their nose on some disagreements (within Lubavitch there are multiple hashkafos as well). An exhibit mocking Chabad at the Mechina-high school division of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, Maryland, was dismissed as child's play by its director. These boys come from all over the United States and Canada; many attend public school all year; others are enrolled in Hebrew day schools but come from homes with little or no Torah observance. Our boys were busy before Purim packing thousands of mishloach manos for mivtzoyim, practicing to Lein the Megillah, learning about Purim, planning their routes I barely saw my boys on Purim they were so busy with mivtzoyim Boruch Hashem! Statement From Ner Israel On This Morning's Incident On Yeshiva Lane Baltimore, MD - May 26, 2020 - This morning there was an incident on our campus with a former student. We are emailing the school and suggest everyone does. What can you expect from them, they dont put on Rabbeinu Tam tefillin, their tefillin is not ksav Ari, etc. This shtick was done by not all, but some of the 54 members of the N.I. In the meantime, at least send them letters of the Rebbe and weekly sichos to start learning chasidus. And honestly, have you never heard the saying that imitation is the biggest form of flattery? He was also famed for his beautiful and inspiring tefillos as a ba'al tefillah. We need to look inside and realize how it now fees to be the butt of the joke. I would like the Rosh Yeshiva to be honest. Sunday, how could a jewish school do such a thing! Well done No, no Rabbi Cook, this is not how others behave. Sunday, 12 Adar, 5783. If the kids felt comfortable enough to completely turn the entire yeshiva into a mockery of chabad & the rebbe it must be something that the menahel are ok with & maybe even talk about or joke about. And the rosh yeshiva???? Ner Yisroel - Excellence in Higher Jewish Education Today, this seems to be chilul Chabad not chilul hashem, Wow i am chabad and i do find this pretty funny U have to admit All u people who are saying its disrespectful and making those boys sound like there criminals your over exaggerating That is what they know of chabad and we should look at ot differently now how can they do this to lubavitch? But look how much they know about lubavitch? BH we do as our Rebbe taught us. Local News | News, Sports, Jobs - Daily Herald Yeshivas Ner Yisroel was founded in 1933 by the Rosh HaYeshiva, Moreinu vRabbeinu Harav Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman ztl, with the goal of developing a high-level, Slabodka-style yeshiva geared specifically towards the contemporary American bochur. Ner Israel Rabbinical College - Yeshivas Ner Yisroel The Menahels attitude is pathetic. 3) They wrote a note that included speaking our language including terminology from Chabad Chasidus. Maybe they thought they could fullfil the mitzvah of ad dlo yada with milk.And the chalav akum caused them to behave like that. Thats how you behave? There the husband started learning with a Chabad shliach and the couple became frum BH. I never saw a mockery of R Kanievsky, R Shteineman, etc. This was childish and offensive. Rabbi Hochman has been an instructor with Ner Israel for more than 40 years and is renowned for his in-depth knowledge of Talmud and Jewish Jurisprudence. It caused widespread uproar over its mockery of Chabads customs and even the Rebbe himself. Until they Im sure there are things in New Brunswick and Crown Heights thats an apology? This shtick was not done with any hate in mind. the best way to respond is to present them wirh a set of igros kodesh and likkutei sichos for their yeshiva and tell them to put the pic of the Rebbe back ! This will be open on Mon-Thurs from 12 noon until 4pm, and on Sundays from 11am until 5pm. The amount of time spent on this the menahel had to know it was going on. Spirited reigns in Ner Yisroels bais medrash, where talmidim in their critical, formative years spend three sedorim a day and beyond learning beiyun, bekius, and chazarah. Those commenting with disgust are certainly correct in their outrage for this particular scenario. The principal of the Ner Yisroel high school in Baltimore told COLlive.com a Purim exhibit on Chabad was "kids misbehaving." Maybe the Rebbe owns us more likely The three week sessions take place twice a year on Ner Yisroels campus: for South Americans on their summer break during the Northern Hemispheres winter, while Mexican and Central American teens attend the summer session. Bring them closer with love -send the students and staff weekly sichos and letters of the Rebbe. this would never be aloud in our moisdos, of course the hanhala knew. This is a good beginning. They shouldnt be mocking & making fun of other Jews. Number 2, yes I agree that they should go to the ohel to apologize, AND no signature and using some Tanya ideas is adding insult to injury, that nobody signed the letter. They should be ashamed of themselves and their amaratzus and how they have no sense of pnimius and their entire hanhala should be ashamed of how theyve EDUCATED their students to speak badly about the Rebbe. What is with the attackers here? It would be a lot less of an issue if theyd feign concern (theyre clearly not), and accept responsibilty that they failed to have proper oversight of the kids and applogize and say theyll speak to the kids to stress importance of achdus and respect. What I am NOT okay with is the leadership not stepping forward with a MUCH stronger apology. Its a simple letter which shows the hanhola had nothing to do with it. The letter sounds like Purim Torah to me. Set up in classrooms all over the school and we are supposed to believe the Hanhola didnt know. Rav Ruderman ztl even used to learn Tanya. Neither is it the shluchim of Maryland. poor them theyre just confused and tying to get attention. I have also been in the I feel for them. this exibit belongs either in the rubbish bin or nowhere at all!what were these immiture children thinking i suggest they go back to the basics and start learning thier manners again,from preschool where they belong! To bow, The administration should apologize and promise to counsel their students to respect other Jews and learn to oppose others in a respectful manner. Not a Gadol Byisroel. Who would have thought 770, the Rebbe, mivtzoimRead more , The only part that was offending was the the Reba, this is perfect;;great expression of what torah yidden should be seeing each day..and stop the cult life that is disgraceful. Disavow, A slight turn, 12 Adar, 5783, Manchester Community Asks to Help a Respected Chabad Family, Ari Halberstam Would Call the Rebbetzin "Dodah", Chabad on Campus Introduces New Two-Year Shlichus Program, 2 Bochurims Podcast Dives Deep Into Lifes Challenges and Triumphs, Expand 770 Activists Recite Entire Tehillim at the Ohel, Achei Tmimim Students Tested on Basar Bcholov. 15 years!!!! Like all matters of , theres always the danger of stumbling into the of the . This shtick was done by not all, but some of the 54 members of the N.I. They dont have to go to the Ohel, but they should do outreach or something to honor the Rebbe. We have to focus on what good WE can do. Teach your bochurim , for the health and welfare of these rabbeim, parents and kids please go to the ohel and apologize. to those who were offended grow a thicker skin, while the jokes were definitely distasteful, its not hateful. The school should be ashamed of themselves! Its a reflection of a pathetic disconnect from any Jewish values and learning. If Chas Veshalom it happened there would be Lubavitch wide condemnation. We just dont hold the litivish identity (as distinct from the Yidden who identify as litvish) in high enough regard to make a mocking display of. About BDE, sad to say, there are many Lubavitchers who say that too. a letter like this is not fixing the core of the problem. They are innocent minds that have been inculcated with hate and with apathy. With time the litvaks that have yet to smell the achdus roses will get with the program. All their information on Chabad comes from their surroundings. Truly disgusting & sad. At the same time, there are many others who graduated from other Mesivtos and spent a year or more in a broad assortment of smaller, post-high-school Yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel before joining Ner Yisroel as second-, third-, or fourth-yearbais medrash bochurim; the Yeshiva has a highly positive impact on their learning and future lives as bnei Torah. The Rosh HaYeshiva and his family lived in Eretz Yisroel for 40 years, where he served as longtime Rosh Yeshiva in Ohr Somayach and founded Yeshiva Beer HaTorah in the 1990s. I dont see this as disrespectful at all And all you people saying its how there chinuch is or blaming it on the heads of the schoolRead more , They should be ashamed that thats what their kids spend all time on and this is the message their clearly giving them and kids are just expressing it Dont try to cover up as kids Their your students and youre responsible for these kids and they turned over the ENTIRE school so the hanhola clearly saw and was part of it otherwise if it was taken down right away wouldnt have pics etc I feel very bad for them that that is what their students are busy with and they arent babies 11th grade its a shame oish may HashemRead more , With respect, your outrage should not be that it leaked on social media, but rather the lack of derech eretz your student have. May they know only emes in revealed ways and have to power to break through all the klippot theyRead more , After this publicity, I hope parents will think twice of sending their children to a yeshiva like this, especially lack of proper leadership, THE MENAHEL OF NER YISROEL IS A DISGRACE TO THE NAME OF CHINUCH IF THAT IS ALL HE HAD TO SAY. I dont know why everyone got so upset and offended. How are you reacting? Ner Yisroel of Baltimore, founded in 1933 by Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, was established to transplant Torah from the great strongholds of European yeshivos on American soil. It is not on stationery from the school. We complain all the time about the fanatics in Meah Shearim, but this lot are worse. Its not like the school advocated this as part of a policy of lets make fun of Chabad. Updated: Jan 26, 2023 / 12:33 PM MST. So as i see it (yes, its 100% wrong, sinful, dangerous etc.) What is the Ner Yisroel college program - The Yeshiva World Such behavior is taken for granted. These are people who have their Judaism confused. I thought this type of activity was mostly over with, this needs to be addresses. Under the tutelage of the Rosh HaYeshiva, Moreinu Harav Aharon Feldman shlita and Ner Yisroels acclaimed staff of outstanding rebbeim, talmidim are exposed to the breadth and depth of Torah while imbibing the hashpaah and hadracha, https://nirc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/The-Greatness-Within-Me.mp4. Stop raising hate-filled kids! TheRead more . Maybe bochurim from the Lubavitch yeshiva there should be sent to Ner Yisroel to put Lubavitcher tefillin on them. And the definition of snag means impasse not exactly a horrible thing to be called, though I admit, in todays day and age the most polite way to refer to them would be as litvak/litvish. Close the gemara andRead more . Allow the Rebbes brochos to permeate all Benei Yisroel Theres Sefardim, Ashkenazim, Belz, Satmar, etc etc. The menorah stayed. Kids who are raised in Frum Homes with Yiras SHamayim would not do this. (Podcast Episode) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more. If we ever did that in our yeshivas, our roshe yeshivos and mashpiim would whip us into shape quickly and certainly apologize if it were to happen and become public knowledge. Those schools and families should be dealing with their own community issues -and Balitmore has plenty not teaching to hate another Jewish community. We are taught from birth to look beyond the superficial. Guess who got into trouble? The Baal Shem Tov cleaned up their mess. Let the mechanechs encourage the children to make a cheshbon nefesh and do a sincere teshuvah along with the themselves ! They should be shivering in fear to condone this kind of hatred. in all three yeshivos ive been to, the mashpiim made fun of the litvisher lifestyle by almost every single farbrengen. Learn the sicha! I missed the memo. Now, look around. The apology letter seems inauthentic to me but knowing the age of the boys, Im actually okay with it. Thus the ones writing the letter were not the perpetrators! Maybe hang a cross as a Purim Shpil!? presence of many shluchim who unceasingly Do not They havent been caught so it doesnt exist? Lets stand together.. His daily lectures on Talmud, open to the community, have been critically acclaimed as being one of the finest in North America. Fake news. japan drier vs enamel hardener; is monto still with his girlfriend; grand hustle records address; myths that persist in our society; errant golf ball damage law florida Together we can continue building greatness. Either Tanya or sichos of the Rebbes. No sincerity felt at all. The founding Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Ruderman ztl, was from Chabad roots. On Purim, when we rise above differences, , photos of the Rebbe were displayed on Ner Yisroel campus! The Rebbe would certainly not tolerate his chassidim engagingRead more . 1- you can tweet your displeasure to @NIRCnews, 2- granted some of it is out of bounds. This has been up for a while and the hanholo pretend they had nothing to do with this. Defaming the Lubavitcher Rebbe is more dangerous than playing with fire. I am of the opinion that nobody in Lubavitch has the power to forgive and forget any insults or abuse other than the victim. Theres definitelyRead more , Why waste time fighting darkness when you can add light. As someone who went to ner the menahel has no idea what the Purim shtick is going to be until after it is up so u guys really shouldnt be blaming him. The video is strong and says it all. Class sizes are kept below 25 to maximize individual attention. This yid worked in ner Yisreol (not sure deserves such a name) for 15 years and during the whole time no one ever approached him to speak to him. May we all be tolerant of those that are different from us and stay focused on doing what the Rebbe wants from us! Vnahapoch hu. I suggest their menahalim spend some introspective time analyzing what the ridicule was REALLY all about. The letter was part of the Purim shpiel!!!!! Those who are involved in a business profession should be no less immersed in a sugya than their chaverim in the fields of chinuch or rabbanus. With great sadness, undoubtedly. Shame on him. This anti Chabad attitude is nothing new. Seeing their true colors openly, esspecially when I am a neighbor and work eith these people regularly is terribly upsetting. being in education being a father of many children with many grandchildren and coming from a family that business was the main focus even at the table Harav Aharon Feldman Shlita is a talmid of the Yeshiva who had the zechus to learn bchavrusa with Moreinu VRabbeinu Rav Ruderman ztl as a bachur. This must be the If this is an example of what their torah study inspires them to do, n. They went personally to the Sheliach Like many thousands of other Chabad bochurim, my boys wereRead more . 2) Unless I am mistaken, no one has reported that the boys who came to the Kaplan house showed anything other than genuine remorse and respect (no sarcasm or obnoxious smirking, giggling, etc.). but it should be allowed to happen? The person who administers the Ner Yisroel college program is sitting shiva this week. Careers.org | Ner Israel Rabbinical College - Academic Programs The letter discussed their remorse over the display at Ner Yisroels Mechina high school created by fellow students in honor of Purim. To be mocked for trying to make the world a betterRead more , wanted shalom rubaskin out of business, they had successed beyond there wildest dreams, there is nothing funny about this, it will come back to them, hashem runs the world. Provo, UT Breaking News Headlines Today | Ground News Thats more than any of us have done for the jokes weve made. Two large, newly renovated battei medrash one for the mechina and one for the bais medrash and kollel, classrooms, dormitories, kitchen and dining facilities, ample outdoor recreational space and many amenities provide the talmidim with an ideal atmosphere that is most conducive for their growth in Torah and Avodah with minimal distraction.
