tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post1369660412198585584..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Donate to Kupat HaIr, or Hashem may smite your children!joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-80067339075341078082013-06-03T12:33:56.688-04:002013-06-03T12:33:56.688-04:00I agree 100 percent. Turning our Gedolim into comm...I agree 100 percent. Turning our Gedolim into commercial gimmicks cheapens them and the Torah they represent. <br />I feel terrible when I see the pictures of those Kupat Ha'ir posters stuffed into their hands so the photographer can catch them promoting the cause. <br />And promising Yeshuos when we are told ein somchin al hanes can't be right.<br /><br />UriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-28978834762250874042011-06-16T16:01:51.322-04:002011-06-16T16:01:51.322-04:00see here, by Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein:
The repor...see <a href="http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2010/11/14/kupat-ha%E2%80%99ir%E2%80%99s-over-the-top-advertising/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, by Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein:<br /><br /><i>The report you heard is true, according to multiple, reliable local sources with whom I checked. The Lakewood mashgiah Rav Mattisyahu Solomon, shlit”a, did term some of the solicitation techniques of Kupat Ha’ir as “gezel gamur”/ theft in the true sense of the term. According to one local press report, he decried the fact that single women desperate for a yeshua had contributed all their savings to KH, and turned to him when the choson wasn’t forthcoming.<br /><br />Not only is the report true, but R. Mattisyahu took his objections straight to R Chaim Kanievsky, shlit”a. The latter argued that he clearly did not offer any guarantees, and that his statements about the efficacy of donating to KH were nothing more than a reiteration of the statements of Chazal about the power of tzedaka – not any special prognostication on his part. Despite this reassuring clarification, R. Mattisyahu apparently did not change his mind about the impression that KH’s advertising aimed for, and clearly succeeded in achieving in many cases.</i><br /><br />even with Rav Kanievsky's clarification, ask yourself if the glossy pamphlets give this impression, or if they are misleading people as to what the Gedolim are saying. and then ask yourself if the ones misrepresenting the words of the Gedolim are the ones who are anti-Torah.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-67003762277942214612011-06-16T15:46:23.424-04:002011-06-16T15:46:23.424-04:001) as i write above the comment box, "If you ...1) as i write above the comment box, "If you choose to comment anonymously, please choose a pseudonym."<br /><br />2) please take the time to use punctuation, perhaps capitalization, and full words such as 'you' instead of 'u' and 'are' instead of 'r'. run-on sentences or near run-on sentences are also frowned upon.<br /><br />3) i disagree with you. the Torah commands us to give tzeddaka. yes, as an act of kindness, as a command of Hashem, as responsibility to our fellow Jews. but not as a magic segulah, and not under implied threat that otherwise your children will die. certain tzedaka organizations <b>trivialize Judaism</b> and shame the gedolim by appropriating their name for lowly gimmicks. and there it at least one big gadol who agrees, by the way.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-47086127873142739682011-06-16T15:36:41.983-04:002011-06-16T15:36:41.983-04:00I think this whole blog is anti Torah who commands...I think this whole blog is anti Torah who commands us to give tdaka and by giving tzdaka we can prevent all sorts of "tsures" lo aleinu this perticular tdaka is one that the gedolim have endosed unanamously and the funds raised are distributed properly according to the Halacha.u r ridculing and turning away possibly those who may have otherwise wanted to be zoche in this mitzvahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-12903444091244266582010-12-12T06:34:58.143-05:002010-12-12T06:34:58.143-05:00see, though, this post for more of the same, perha...see, though, <a href="http://dovbear.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-kupat-hair-style-scammers-lie-to.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> for more of the same, perhaps clearer.<br /><br />http://dovbear.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-kupat-hair-style-scammers-lie-to.html<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-43531611307251125322010-12-12T02:39:46.509-05:002010-12-12T02:39:46.509-05:00sorry, i don't feel like arguing about you wit...sorry, i don't feel like arguing about you with this.<br /><br />all the best,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-50701610849571651272010-12-11T23:39:28.396-05:002010-12-11T23:39:28.396-05:00Actually we follow iyov .See the halochos of bahab...Actually we follow iyov .See the halochos of bahab fasting.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-58678322887792592462010-12-11T23:35:34.842-05:002010-12-11T23:35:34.842-05:00What dramatic?! it's false.Nowhere do they rem...What dramatic?! it's false.Nowhere do they remotely suggest that you will be smitten by Hashem if you don't give.It's a given that charity saves from trouble.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-69936905603524195592010-12-10T06:37:10.554-05:002010-12-10T06:37:10.554-05:00i am sure you don't. the people who wrote this...i am sure you don't. the people who wrote this ad copy probably don't see my point either. and my headline is dramatic, not misleading. it brings out the point.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-54455834983980584212010-12-09T22:40:26.877-05:002010-12-09T22:40:26.877-05:00Actually,i don't see your point at all.They ar...Actually,i don't see your point at all.They are offering a service for a problem people are already of.And your headline is misleading.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-77823790171794580562009-07-09T11:29:14.604-04:002009-07-09T11:29:14.604-04:00R'YBS commented that Iyov's sin was that h...R'YBS commented that Iyov's sin was that he only cared about his family as evidenced by the pasuk you quoted.<br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-38777425663610140752009-07-09T11:29:14.068-04:002009-07-09T11:29:14.068-04:00R'YBS commented that Iyov's sin was that h...R'YBS commented that Iyov's sin was that he only cared about his family as evidenced by the pasuk you quoted.<br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-89388686039432789812009-07-08T11:27:01.599-04:002009-07-08T11:27:01.599-04:00Now, I'm just sayin'... but if you want to...Now, I'm just sayin'... but if you want to be sure your store doesn't burn down or nothin' next week, you might want to make a small donation to kupat ha'ir. Oh yeah... unmarked bills only.Vitonoreply@blogger.com