tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538613956927732696.post85264861597512195..comments2022-01-23T05:55:29.695-08:00Comments on Torah Over Easy - Insights into the Weekly Parashah: Working the System - Reflections on Parshat Chukat 5777Torah Over Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17276727685158404418noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538613956927732696.post-4894034750818866092017-07-21T09:25:24.179-07:002017-07-21T09:25:24.179-07:00Thank you and Shabbat Shalom!Thank you and Shabbat Shalom!Torah Over Easyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17276727685158404418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538613956927732696.post-84436262178620522042017-07-21T03:11:45.246-07:002017-07-21T03:11:45.246-07:00Interesting blog and I really like your work and m...Interesting blog and I really like your work and must appreciate for your work for the Living Torah Hebrew.<br /><br /><a href="http://hebrewbible.com/" rel="nofollow">English translated Jewish books</a>Robyn Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06105511030154573739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538613956927732696.post-48756773544157541392017-06-30T14:27:22.005-07:002017-06-30T14:27:22.005-07:00Chazak U'varuch!Chazak U'varuch!Mordechainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538613956927732696.post-77010755429202843022017-06-30T07:59:01.606-07:002017-06-30T07:59:01.606-07:00Thank you for writing this... I wish I could be a...Thank you for writing this... I wish I could be as shocked as others as what happened in Lakewood, except that there have been stories of arrests from the Satmar Chassidim there every couple of years (for various reasons). Also, I saw, first hand for a long while, how they behaved, how they did business (my father did business with them for a time - I will not say they treated him, a fellow Jew, but not a Jew they considered 'in the system' obviously). Overall, their behavior is shameful - and worse, reflects badly upon all Jews and feeds into an ugly stereotype... and strengthens feelings of anti-semitism.<br /><br />I can only hope that more Jews in their community, take it upon themselves to change their system and look to being more of a light in the world.<br /><br />Shabbat Shalom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01560194123433297162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538613956927732696.post-56551598006915362402017-06-30T05:21:34.343-07:002017-06-30T05:21:34.343-07:00I cannot thank you enough for this drash. When I r...I cannot thank you enough for this drash. When I read the Lakewood news story, I felt physically sick and devastated. I am still in a state of disbelief. I also really appreciate your memories of Lakewood and the childhood we shared there. I realized after my last visit to Lakewood two years ago, it will most likely be my last. The town is virtually unrecognizable, and I left feeling an emptiness and longing for times gone by. <br /><br />You also make a strong point about how, no matter what our outside dress, who we are on the inside, and how we act defines who we actually are. It saddens me that some will judge all Jews because of the greedy and low acts of these few. Most non-Jews, and many Jews are ignorant regarding the different sects within Chassidic Jewry and that philosophies per group vary. In their eyes, we are lumped together. We are judged as one people. It is yet another reason for all of us to look beyond the garb, whether it be Jew, Muslim, or Christian, etc., and view each individual on their deeds and actions.<br /><br />Shabbat Shalom, to you and the family.AshraDesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10098925520506889615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538613956927732696.post-53913515902230230072017-06-30T05:05:45.834-07:002017-06-30T05:05:45.834-07:00Excellent, insightful, humane piece. Good to hear ...Excellent, insightful, humane piece. Good to hear your voice again! Shabbat shalom. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405193692178101576noreply@blogger.com