Hi, my name is Menachem Man, and I too was exposed this week to the horror videos of police officers abusing Haredim.
I was also exposed to the reactions running online. Those of journalists, opinion leaders, and also of young boys who gossip on the Internet.
Everyone was shocked to the core, and everyone demanded the immediate intervention of the Minister in charge of the Police - Gilad Erdan.
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This is definitely outrageous.
How can one see a Jew being pulled by his sideburns, or a yeshiva student being run over by a motorcycle on purpose (I saw it!) and remain indifferent?
impossible.
But I, for a change, was shocked by you. All my colleagues and friends on social media, and all those who were truly shocked by the videos.
Yes, yes, I was shocked by the shock.
Let me be clear for a moment.
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My dear friends, are you not ashamed? Are you normal? Have you ever really thought about trusting that body called the 'Israel Police'?
Do you really believe that this is a decent and fair body that is supposed to serve the entire Israeli public without distinction of religion or race?
And no, I'm not talking specifically about the 'Israel Police', its honor is in its place.
E is talking about the 'State of Israel' as a whole.
I'm talking about you, the misguided Haredim, who were mistakenly captivated by the magic of royalty, and began to feel too much at home, because these policemen - who wield the cane and the fist, or because these officials - who wield the pen and the seal, speak the same language that we speak.
In Russia, would you dare to demonstrate? In front of the KGB men, would you allow yourself to protest?
not.
So what's the difference? Where is the difference?
I'll tell you. You're just complete Zionists, who have too much faith in the police and the leadership, just because it happens to be made up of Jewish leadership.
And here's the problem! They are Jews, that's true. But they are people of the lands!
And the people of the land, as is well known, were also suspected of the murder! (Pesachim 44: Rashi, ibid.).
This rule has never been repealed.
What happened to you? Have you gone crazy?! Why did you even think that you wouldn't be attracted to wigs, and why did you think that an ultra-Orthodox boy with a hat and a suit wouldn't get beaten to death by the people of the land?
What is happening to us?
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I don't know if this is true or not. But people tell stories about the Rabbi of Brisk who would bend over every time an Israeli helicopter passed over his head. When asked to explain why, the Rabbi of Brisk simply replied that the people of the land were suspected of the murder, and he was simply afraid that the helicopter pilot would drop a bomb on his head.
And you?
Are there fewer Jews than the Brisker-Rabbi?
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And now, in a moment of seriousness. With a little less rant.
What do we think to ourselves when we go out to demonstrate against strong and sturdy secular police officers? What do we think in those moments? Do we believe that the Jewish police officer who is fed daily incitement against the ultra-Orthodox public will stand by indifferently and lock up his emotions?
Why would he do that? Did he ever learn the path of righteousness? Does he even know how to overcome anger?
You see, we Haredim are defined as the most disgusting thing in secular public life.
Why don't we understand this once and for all?!
An ultra-Orthodox person who lives here, and preserves the traditions of Israel, reminds the free secularist of his Jewish past, and in any case, he causes him the most intense feelings of hatred that exist in creation.
ZAKA, Yad Sarah, Ezer Mitzion, and Omer Yankilevich will not help us. All these things are beautiful in all sorts of fake moments of reconciliation and unity - Aalek.
In moments of truth, and in everyday life, every secular person living in the State of Israel wants to slaughter us on our heads and in our guts. And that no one here will be confused and will not be bothered.
And if this sentence bothers anyone, they are invited to please go to the Jewish bookcase and read the Mishnah of Rabbi Akiva (Pesachim 44:) when he was with the people of the land.
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Enough already.
Enough. Let's get out of the movie, and stop being Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev.
That is, we will continue, but only when we see Omer Adam stop a performance and bless everything, or Omer Adam give up a million shekels for Shabbat, or just when we see Omer Adam.
But in general, we must know who we are facing. Against the Arab Rav, and against an assimilated secular Jewry that wants to trample and dilute all that is precious and holy.
We live here in complete miracle.
In an extraordinary miracle, which occurs only under the auspices of the political-court, and the cultural torture that the secularists inherited from the nations of the world. There, murder is only permitted in secret, and not in public.
Otherwise, if it weren't for Trump's fear of royalty, we would have all been sent to the ghettos a long time ago, and transported like cattle on the Israel Railways to Dimona.
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So, just before you go to the next demonstration, take the Babylonian Talmud, read about the dangers from the peoples of the lands, and return home.
We don't really have the right to stand up to them, nor do we have the halachic permission to do so.
A person must not put themselves in a dangerous situation, even when they look the most beautiful in the world: in a black uniform, a full-face helmet, and boxing gloves.
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And just before I close this post, let me insert all those beautiful words in the law here, which save me from a lawsuit.
So like this:
The writer does not advocate violence of any kind, and any such act goes against the laws of Judaism and human society.
All Jews in the world are good souls, and they all want to do good to each other all the time.
All police officers in the State of Israel are special and good people who sacrifice their lives for the sake of protecting the people and the country, and some of them are very great in this and the future.
All of the above is not generalizable at all, and speaks of a minority, from which one cannot learn about the whole.
This entire long text was written with great pain, and should not be taken seriously. It is only a parable of what could have happened here if there had not been a democratic and reformed state here that sacrifices its soul and cares devotedly for all its citizens, regardless of religion, race, or origin.
The Israeli police officers in particular, and the State of Israel, with all its employees and citizens in general, are fully kosher Jews who love all people wherever they are. And it is not true to say that a secularist wants to harm, even in the smallest way, someone else just because of their different faith and lifestyle.
In short, forget everything you've read now.
T.L.H.
• Menachem Man is an ultra-Orthodox writer and publicist: [email protected]
