By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl. (from ch.info)

Well, the neighborhood bully, he’s just one man,
His enemies’ say he’s on their land.
They got him outnumbered about a million to one,
He got no place to escape to, no place to run.

He’s the neighborhood bully.

The neighborhood bully just lives to survive,
He’s criticized and condemned for being alive.
He’s not supposed to fight back, he’s supposed to have thick skin,
He’s supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

The neighborhood bully has been driven out of every land,
He’s wandered the earth an exiled man.
Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn,
He’s always on trial for just being born.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized,
Old women condemned him, said he should apologize.
Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad.
The bombs were meant for him.
He was supposed to feel bad.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim
That he’ll live by the rules that the world makes for him,
‘Cause there’s a noose at his neck and a gun at his back
And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

He got no allies to really speak of.
What he gets he must pay for, he don’t get it out of love.
He buys obsolete weapons and he won’t be denied
But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Well, he’s surrounded by pacifists who all want peace,
They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease.
Now, they wouldn’t hurt a fly.
To hurt one they would weep.
They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Every empire that’s enslaved him is gone,
Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon.
He’s made a garden of paradise in the desert sand,
In bed with nobody, under no one’s command.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Now his holiest books have been trampled upon,
No contract he signed was worth what it was written on.
He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth,
Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

– Bob Dylan
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Let’s face it, secular law is at best a civilized form of mob rule. Laws are enacted to suit the majority of people. When minority interests infringe, or are perceived to infringe, upon the majority, the minority is toast. This is true in the most advanced democracies, how much more so in lesser cultural and political environments.

Right or wrong, the minority is often expendable. Who would know this better than the Jewish People – a perpetually estranged minority among the multitude of nations. How then is the Jew able to survive and fulfill his difficult Divine mission in this type of prejudicial atmosphere? What does a Jew do when secular edict and higher divine law are incompatible? The answer lies in the strident odysseys of our forefathers, as depicted in the book of Bereishis – Genesis.

First of the five volumes recorded by Moshe, Bereishis contains few laws or commandments. Indeed, it reads more like a story, or a series of stories, than a code of moral instruction. No wonder many a scholar has classified it as a book of ancient Hebrew folktales.

The Torah commentaries however, are quick to point out that there is more to this narration than simple legend. Jewish tradition views these accounts as being permeated with valuable lessons on multiple levels.

Indeed, the foremost commentator, Rashi, in his opening remark on the Torah, makes the following observation: “The Torah should seemingly not have begun with the book of Bereishis [since the Torah is essentially a tome of laws], but rather with the first command to the nation of Israel – the sanctification of the new moon” – which does not appear until well into the book of Exodus.

“Why then,” asks Rashi, “Does the Torah begin with Bereishis?” The answer, he asserts, is “In order to relate the power of His works to His people, so He may give them the heritage of the nations. For if the nations accuse Israel of banditry for seizing the lands of the seven Canaanite nations, Israel can respond: ‘The entire universe belongs to G-d. He created it and He granted it to whomever he deemed fit. It was His desire to give it to them and then to take it from them and give it to us.’”

In the above light, Israel is actually the only nation on earth that has an explicit Divine claim to its homeland. But the book of Bereishis contains far more by way of Divine revelation than the ownership-title to a given geographical piece of Land.

In addition to the workings of creation, Bereishis is replete with extraordinary narratives regarding each of the saintly patriarchs, matriarchs and the twelve tribal leaders. Each of these accounts retains a wealth of information and instruction about life in general and the Jewish people in particular.

In fact, homiletically expounding the above Rashi, Chassidus broadens the alleged ideological conflict with the “nations” to include the overall mandate of the Jew as prescribed by Torah – to conquer the materialism of the world and subjugate it to the domain of holiness. “What claim do you have to what belongs to us!” shall cry the forces of impurity, upon Israel’s endeavor to elevate the lowly elements of existence.

The Almighty, hence, bequeathed us the book of Bereishis, “In order to relate the power of His works to His people, so He may give them the heritage of the nations” – i.e. the subjugation of the unholy forces. In the above regard, Genesis is a Divine owners-manual. It contains crucial user information and instruction by the supernal maker, not the least of which is the timeless reply to the inbred resistance towards the divine agenda.

No wonder our sages assert that “The deeds of the forefather’s are signposts for their offspring.” Judaism perceives the Patriarchs journeys as the blueprint and historical precursor of what was to come. Their story is keenly reflective of our own.

Of all the narratives, the one of Yaakov most resembles the story of the Jewish people and their astonishing historical voyage. Third in the patriarchal dynasty, Yaakov represents the most arduous and protracted battle with the forces of darkness and impurity, the age of our present exile. This may explain why of the many Biblical figures, none is as transparent as that of Yaakov’s life. In fact, the Torah devotes more verses and chapters to Yaakov’s adventure than to the others combined.

We meet Yaakov even before he is born while in his mother’s womb. We come to know him as a young man, a mature adult, and an old man contemplating death. We observe Yaakov interrelating with his parents, his brother, his wives, his children and grandchildren, even with his cunning father-in-law. Each of these anecdotes is replete with relevant messages.

Oddly enough, the portrait that emerges of this Biblical giant is of a man embroiled in continual struggle. First there is the protracted battle with his brother Esau, then with his uncle Laban. Finally, he is seen in a nocturnal wrestling match with an obscure spiritual entity. Why is this icon of Jewish identity and existence forever battling?

More disturbing, are some the tactics to which our ancestor resorts as a means of prevailing in his incessant struggles. What for example, are we to make of our sagacious patriarch dressing up in the clothes of Esau in order to secure his father’s blessings?

Some of the antics used to acquire his wealth from Laban are likewise perplexing. And what about his midnight escape from Charan with Laban’s children and grandchildren? Even more puzzling is the fact that the Torah tells us all this. Is this something to be proud of? Is it not fodder for the anti Semites, who are more than happy to use this as proof of the devious character of the Jew? I’ve actually seen Jews squirm when reading these accounts.

The fact of the matter is, and when you read the narratives carefully you will note, that in all his struggles, Yaakov was fighting for what already belonged to him. The sad reality is that the culture in which he found himself had a double standard, one for themselves and one for the estranged Jew. The reality is that Yaakov had to use every bit of creativity and, yes, cunning, be it with Esau or Laban, to get what he had earned fair and square.

His brother Esau was not much better. Having gladly parted with his firstborn responsibilities and even degrading the right, he was ready to kill Yaakov for having claimed what was rightfully his.

The intrinsic message in Yaakov’s legacy of pushing the moral envelope, is that in battle there is no highroad. When forced to fight for the core right to exist, there cannot be two standards of morality, one for the enemy and one for yourself. What’s good for the gander is good for the goose. When dealing with a bully you’ve got to play by the bully’s rules. The latter is true not only with regard to our physical survival but with our spiritual survival as well.

The Lubavitcher Rebbe asserts that the voyage of the three ancestors represent three different epochs in human history. Yaakov’s journey, he explains, corresponds to the exile of Edom (Esau), the darkest period in human history, the one in which we currently find ourselves. Yaakov’s story, hence, has particular relevance to our current day and age.

The function of the Jew in the present exile, is to go through life reclaiming the sparks of holiness that are trapped in the ugly clutches of Klipah (impurity) – to return them to their rightful owner, the Creator of heaven and earth. This is accomplished by utilizing worldly possessions in the service of the Almighty.

The Jew goes about his mission – elevating these possessions – happy to play by the same rules as everyone else. But the world seems to say, “Wait! You are not entitled to the same set of laws as the rest of us. For you there is a different set of rules. You must pay a higher price for what you wish to reclaim for G-d.” And even when we pay the highest price they shamelessly turn around and cry, “Thief!”

The overall lesson of Yaakov’s lifelong battles, then, is that the corporeal world is not about to give-up anything on a silver platter. Klipah, i.e. Esau, Laban, and their like, latches on to everything in its path and claims ownership. It will not relinquish anything unless it is outwitted and out-maneuvered.

No matter how much we benefit and enrich the societies and cultures of our host countries, the familiar mantra of Esau and Laban is sounded over and over: “The daughters are mine. . . the cattle is mine. . . all that you see is mine.” In the end it is we the Jewish people who are portrayed as the thieves and the bullies.

In order to fulfill our spiritual mandate – to bring the world under the sovereignty of its legitimate Maker – we are required to muster our outmost ingenuity and even cunning. Fair play is sadly of little good in dealing with the pirates who wish to claim ownership of heaven and earth and everything in between.

Yaakov, the choicest of the ancestors, teaches us that the way to succeed in our mission as Jews, especially in the dark moments of exile, is not by being timid and passive. Quite the contrary, it requires that we put on the clothes of Esau and beat him at his own game – that we fight cunning with cunning and chutzpah with chutzpah.

Further on in our Parsha we learn that after all his battles, “Yaakov arrived ‘Shaleim’ (intact) at the city of Sh’chem.” Rashi points out that the Torah intimates herein that he arrived intact physically, financially, and spiritually. He succeeded in accomplishing his mission of establishing the twelve tribes of Israel unharmed and unscathed by any of the adversaries.

We too, will no doubt accomplish our mission in this long and difficult exile by elevating its riches. We will, no doubt, come away entirely whole, physically, financially and spiritually, with the coming of the righteous redeemer Moshiach.

Let's Get Ready For Some Testilying

WIS was just informed that the  Shomrim defense team will call Paul Huebner as a witness. After the testimony of  the five bochurim the defense would like to ask Paul some questions of their own.  Several witnesses testified that Huebner played a key role in the 749 blood libel. Just as WIS had predicted in previous articles of Huebners involvement in this case. One witness testified that Paul advised him for over two hours on the phone prior to testifying.  They all placed him at the hospital that night. Some could not remember if Paul filled out the reports for them or they filled them out (?). What is for sure is from what they testified it is very clear that Paul Huebner and the shmira mesira orchestrated and conducted this vicious mesira blood libel on the Shomrim 6.

WIS will inform the public as soon as we get any further detail on the exact date Huebner is to testify.
This is the day we are waiting for says a member of Shomrim. The day we the whole community will come to see and hear how this mesira came to play.

WIS request that all of you show up to court on that day to see the Nazi  Huebner testify.

COP Shmira: The official racist gang running the 71st precinct

Pictures Left to Right: Racist Prager with Ray Kelly. Racist Prager with Racist Skoblo. Skoblo with Ray Kelly. COP-NYPD car official racist

Related:
Shimra members accused of attacks involved with NYPD-backed Crown Heights neighborhood patrol

Jewish leader of Crown Heights patrol group has criminal record

YOU DON’T FIGHT CRIME WITH CRIMINALS, YOU FIGHT CRIME AGAINST CRIMINALS.

By Roy Edroso

The Flatbush Shomrim — a safety patrol of observant Jews — has been on fire lately. Last week they caught a graffiti artist and a car-breaker, and yesterday they took down a burglar. The Crown Heights Shomrim, meanwhile, has been much busier in court, with six of its members charged with beating up some students

after they responded to a yeshiva brawl on Eastern Parkway two years ago, allegedly over a dormitory bed.

The trial started yesterday and “veered close to farce,” says the Daily News, with heckling from spectators and “six defense lawyers objecting at once” as confusion ensued over the identity of the six bearded defendants. One attorney announced after the session, “I’m going to call the Messiah as my first witness”…

It has been suggested that the charges were instigated by a rival patrol called Shmira, which broke with the original squad years ago. A defense fund has been raised for the accused, and Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky laments that “Torah rule dictates that Jewish people should bring their disputes, arguments and grievances against a fellow Jew to a Beis Din. Going to the civil court system is a heinous iniquity and a blatant contemptuous behavior against Torah.” Others claim that “the Bochurim received explicit permission to file charges from both Rabbi Shwei and Rabbi Osdoba respectively… and anyone who claims otherwise is simply spreading libelous slander.”

Source:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/11/jewish_patrol_a.php

Others claim that “the Bochurim received explicit permission to file charges from both Rabbi Shwei and Rabbi Osdoba respectively… and anyone who claims otherwise is simply spreading libelous slander.”

The Realty: Rabbi Osdoba: “I Never Gave Permission for Messira C”V!”

Reports are coming in of the shmira mesira zero making threats to anyone whom supports the Shomrim six in anyway.

Supporters are being told by the likes of Yossi Stern, Yanky Prager, Laib Skoblo, Chanina Sperlin and Elie Poltorak that  if they continue to support  the six members of our community standing trial they will be subject to Mesira as well.

Sources tell WIS that one prominent Rabbi in our community whom came out in support of shomrim has received threating phone calls from a pay phone in New Jersey, this is besides the threating calls his children are getting on a daily basis.

If you or anybody you know is being threatened in any way (for supporting Shomrim in this hard time), We would like to hear from you.  Please contact WIS and tell us your story whoisshmira@gmail.com. WIS will keep your information anonymous.

“They [Stern, Prager, Chanina and co.] the shmira gang, thugs and bullies] may succeed in taking [by force] our hearts  and soul but never will they succeed in winning [over] our hearts and souls”

Remember, the finger of Mesira can easily be pointing at you. Whats happening with the Shomrim Six is only a test for the Mossrim.

Taken From ch.info

After speaking to both Rabbis Osdoba and Schwei they told us how they were hurting not only from the false statements in their name in this matter, but many others that have come out over the years. Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba released yesterday this letter in his defense, and that of the Shomrim Six. “Since it has been said in my name as if I heaven forbid gave permission to give over [Masser] and to inform [Malshin] on the members of Shomrim. I am here to clarify that this is a complete and total lie, and it is entirely not in my hands, since this sort of act is prohibited by Halacha in every way possible.”

[free translation]

Since there has been said in my name as if I heaven forbid gave permission to give over [Masser] and to inform [Malshin] on the members of Shomrim. I am here to clarify that this is a complete and total lie, and it is entirely not in my hands, since this sort of act is prohibited by Halacha in every way possible. Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, Siman Shin Pey Ches Seiif Tes, and in the Alter Rebbes Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat Dinei Nizkei Mamon Seiif Vov: “it is prohibited to give over a Jew in to the hands of a non-jew both physically and both financially… both to do so in speech to inform on him or to reveal his intentions… and that who does so has no part in the world to come.”

It is clear and understood that it is permitted to call that police if he need immediate rescuing from a beating but immediately after one must call the parties to a Din Torah, and then it is upon the Beis Din to decide if it is permitted to continue with it.

And even further more in relation to a claim and prosecution that comes two years later, that this has no place to be discussed in the courts at all. As it is explained in the Shailos U’Teshuvos of the Ram”a Siman Pey Ches: “it seems that is isn’t relevant to this discussion, that specifically at that time during his anger it is understandable like is says in the Peskei Merizbur”g, but if he forgot his initial anger is plain and simple that it is not permitted.”

Furthermore, Messira is a horrible sin [lit. “criminal offense”] and is unthinkable [lit. “totally unacceptable”]. If they have any kind of claim, they must bring it before a Beis Din of Jews, and it is absolutely prohibited to indict them and to testify against them in a court of gentiles. As its is explained in the Shulchan Aruch Chosen Mishpat Siman Chof Vov Seiif Alef: “it is prohibited to deliberate before those who worship idols and in their courts…, even if the their law is a equivalent to Jewish law, even if both parties agreed to go before them on a claim, it is prohibited. And those who go before such a court, is an evil person, and it is as if he spites and scorns, curses and raises his hand to the torah of Moshe Rabainu of blessed memory. And it is in the hands of a Beis Din to judge him and excommunicate him [place him in Cherem] until he removes the idol worshipers from above his friends (Mahari”k Shoresh Kuf Nun Daled). And so would they excommunicate any who assists those who go before idol worshippers (Rivas”h Siman Kuf Beis).

This letter comes in direct contrast to that of these ‘alleged victims’ that has been circulating on certain agenda filled websites, and in Pashkvillen on the doorsteps of homes in Crown Heights, claim that they had the permission of Rabbonim to go to court, and that Rabbi Osdoba dismissed the Din Torah.

As we have reported these vicious individuals used the Hazmana to the Din Torah in court attempting to have the six defendants remanded and locked up for the duration of this long, tedious and expensive trial. And these are the same people that so callously twisted and used the names of Rabbonim to further their own agenda, with blatant disregard for the respect of the Rabbonim of this community.

The expenses for such a criminal defense trial amount in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and this is a matter of Pidyon Shuvim. You can make your donations to the Shomrim Defense Fund by credit card at ShomrimDefense.com or call the Shomrim hotline (718) 774-3333 after 6:00pm to arrange someone to come and pick up your contribution. Additionally you can mail in your contribution to: Shomrim Defense Fund 537 East New York Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225.

In America and in all democratic country you are innocent until proved guilty.

For over two years this case has been dragged out. we read and heard a lot of things. One website writes for Shomrim while the other writes against, were does the truth lie?

The jury has been picked and the case is on for trial. Several witnesses took the stand and swore under oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The now famous video has been played over and over in court. Now it’s up to both the prosecution and the defense to prove their guilt or innocent.

What did happen in 749 that night? Who orchestrated it? Who is responsible? And who should be held responsible?

For over 10 years Yossi Stern and Yanky Prager have been trying to bring down Shomrim. Through the years they Masered on countless members of Shomrim.  Members of Shomrim were arrested several times by Stern and his gang on false charges. Their homes and businesses were subjected to Mesira.

From the moment Stern heard about the fight at 749 he put his gang to play. He immediately sent Leib Skoblo and Ezra Hecht to 749. Once they arrived they started screaming at the police to arrest the Shomrim members. Skoblo even showed his auxiliary badge to help convince the police. When Skoblo was unsuccessful he then called for back up.

Soon after Yossi Stern ,Yanky Prager and Levi Huebner showed up to 749. Stern with a pen a pad handy immediately started to take names of Bochurim that were willing to press charges  on Shomrim. Once he had his list he got to work. Members of shmira worked endlessly all night, transporting Bochurim from 749 to Kings County Hospital and then to the 77th pct. at the hospital and the 77pct they carefully guided the Bochurim in what to say in order to have Shomrim arrested. Levi Huebner even acting as a translator for the police.

Over the past two years several community members tried to get shmira to  stop the fight against Shomrim and to have the charges dropped . Yossi Stern over and over denied that he nor any  member  of shmira had anything to do with the 749 arrests.

WIS has obtained several police reports showing Stern and his gangs mesira on Shomrim. Over the course of the trial Stern and his gang are working tirelessly to spread their propaganda and hate toward Shomrim. Trying to finish what they started they sent out mass propaganda emails with their side of the story. Mass email were sent out telling people not to donate to the Pidyun Shvoyim fund. When the community Rabbonim got involved, they used it against the Shomrim Six in court, trying to hold them for tampering with the witnesses. Menachem Kozlovsky a shmira member was seen bringing the witnesses to court to testify.

Now its up to you the community to bring justice to this case. You the community have a responsibility to stop this mesira, to tell this hate group called shmira we don’t support messira. to tell these mosrim to find another Shul to Daven in. You must stop justifying mesira by saying “they said you did this or that” because when the jury comes back with a not guilty plea you will be responsible for the blood that was spilled.

Sources tell WIS, since Yossi Stern (from the shmira mesira zero) put out the propaganda hit piece this morning, The Shomrim Defense Fund has received over $5,000 mostly from Shluchim.

THE VICTIMS OF MESIRA WANT TO BE HEARD!

320 JAY STREET
which is the Brooklyn Supreme Court in downtown Brooklyn, on the second floor in Part 2.

THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!

This is the exact scene today in court (not more and not less) when one of the mossrim pointed at a Jew to mossier him with false allegations and leis.

You have to see it to believe it, it (Pointing out of Jews)  happened a few times (in previous testimony) before and it will happen again. That finger can be pointing at you, it’s up to us (the community) to make sure that does not happen. NEVER AGAIN!!!

320 Jay Street

THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!