Who is a Foolish Chassid?

Anyone Who Does Not Immediately Protest!

In the Gemara (Sotah 21b) "Rabbi Yehoshua used to say: A foolish chassid and a cunning wicked person, etc... these are those who destroy the world." The Gemara gives an example of a foolish chassid, such as when a woman is drowning in a river and he does not hurry to save her because it is not proper conduct to look at a woman and jump to save her.

And in the Tosefta, what is a foolish chassid? It brings from the Jerusalem Talmud a more severe meaning, such as being ready to jump to save her but waiting to remove his tefillin and not jumping immediately.

And also in the Gemara (Yoma 84b), a doubt of life overrides Shabbat and is only done by the great ones of Israel, and the zealous one is praiseworthy and does not need to ask permission from the Beit Din, and all prohibitions of the Torah are overridden for the sake of saving a life except for three transgressions.

And it is said by the early sages (Ramban and others) that anyone who delays desecrating Shabbat in a situation of saving a life is also considered a foolish chassid.

And it is obvious that he also transgresses the Torah prohibition of "Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor," beyond what is defined by the aforementioned Gemara, that all his piety is vanity and he is considered a fool without knowledge.

This is said about the least of Israel to save his life from his pursuer who rises to kill him, and all the more so for his teacher who taught him wisdom that brings him to life in the World to Come, that his loss precedes the loss of his father (Bava Metzia 33a). And all the more so for the loss of his teacher's life, for which he is obligated sevenfold.

And in a place where his teacher's name is disgraced, he is obligated by law due to the honor of his teacher to protest and make noise against those who blaspheme and disgrace on earth, not just towards Heaven with Tikkun HaKlali or prayers.

And behold, an evil kingdom has arisen with its crooked laws to destroy, kill, and annihilate the soul of a righteous Jew with savage cruelty, and how can we stand silent in the face of such a deliberate, abominable murder?

Even in our wings, the blood of righteous souls is found if we do not rise and cry out the cry of our father, our teacher, who is tormented with suffering and iron combs by the hands of the evil kingdom.

And what life do we have without him – for he gave his body, soul, and family for our sake, and we will not jump to save him from those who seek his harm and rise to kill him?

Is a chassid who does not rise against the murderers of his teacher not a foolish chassid?

Definite Saving of Life

Due to false fears that are not even rabbinic and due to delusions of foolish chassidut, they abandon the Torah obligation of rising to act to save.

And we see clearly that since the arrest of the Rav about 10 months ago, his medical condition has deteriorated to the gates of death, God forbid, according to several recent testimonies that saw the Rav's figure as very emaciated, like figures seen in the Nazi concentration camps, God have mercy.

According to all the data before us, this is a matter of definite saving of life, and we are obligated to transgress even severe Torah obligations and even to attempt to save with an act of doubtful success, for it is established that a doubt of life is lenient by Torah law (Maharsha and Tosafot Bava Batra 60b: whether by reasoning or by decree) and we are stringent about saving lives and lenient if it requires transgressions even in a doubtful act of saving.

When there is a doubt in reality, we ask the professionals (Rashbam Bava Batra 60b: "He challenged him, etc., and I asked the farmers").

According to the opinion of professionals and also according to the existing reality in Israel, it can be determined that protests and demonstrations help advance various goals, especially in matters of human rights and justice for the release of detainees not according to law.

Even for a doubtful success according to their words, we are commanded by Torah law to go out with a loud noise and protest on the roads of Israel, and no student of the Rav can exempt himself or others from this obligation.

On Thursday, Erev Shabbat Vayetze, at the prayer assembly at the grave of the milkman Rabbi Aharon Stern, it was said publicly in the name of his father, the kabbalist Rabbi Alter David Chaim Stern, that: "Whoever does not participate in the demonstrations in the streets and the public protest over the spilling of Rabbi Berland's blood will have a claim against him in Heaven."

Rabbis, tzaddikim, and great Torah scholars command us to go out and protest, and we are silent and do not protest the murder by the hands of our teacher, the Rav, shlit"a.

If there is a Torah obligation to rise and act, upon whom is the duty of protest primarily placed if not on his students and community members?

If we do not rise to cry out and awaken about the severe danger to human life by the authorities to the point of saving a life - who will do it in our place?

To Everything There is a Season and a Time for Every Purpose

Yaakov Avinu in this week's parsha prepared himself for a gift, prayer, and war – to be ready to use all these means to be saved from the hand of Esav the wicked.

The actions of the forefathers are a sign for the children, and behold, we have fulfilled the obligation of prayer in all the prayer assemblies and Tikkun HaKlali for hundreds of thousands, and still, we have not been saved,

We have also fulfilled the obligation of an expensive gift by paying a fair and excessive fee of over 2 million shekels to act against the laws of the evil kingdom, and they did not help us either –

Why do we not use the third option – war – especially since we are commanded by law to carry it out?

If a tenth of the aforementioned fee was dedicated to public relations and public struggle, perhaps we would not have reached such a severe and terrible crime of injustice to the point of real danger to the life of the Rav, shlit"a?

We have reached the red line from the spilled blood of our teacher, the Rav, shlit"a, his health is in a severe condition, and all other attempts to save him have failed, and we must understand that the time has come to cry out in a protest war in the streets as it should be done.

Even our holy Rebbe was strict with his chassidim not to go out on foot outside the city and wait with sticks to save him when they knew that others were trying to harm him during his return journey.

Would our Rebbe not call us a foolish chassidut?

No Prisoner Releases Himself from Prison

This was said about King David at the time of danger when he was hanging between heaven and earth and asked Avishai ben Tzruya to save him. The Gemara says that David could not save himself because no prisoner releases himself from prison (Sanhedrin 95a). This is said even about David, the king, the Mashiach – the root of the souls of Israel.

A severe confusion and cooling of hearts have spread in our community that we are not obligated to act to save our teacher, the Rav, shlit"a, with all kinds of imagined reasons, but as we have seen, this is not the opinion of our holy Torah and not even in the category of chassidut but rather foolish and misguided chassidut.

We must rise and act - it is forbidden to sit quietly - we must make our voice heard throughout the land!!

Everyone must register for activities for coordination 0533-155-313 or by email: ashwarts111 @gmail.com (donations are also needed for printing signs)

Everyone is coming to the permanent protest tent in front of the Supreme Court in Agranat Square, Jerusalem

Prepare for a massive protest demonstration at one of the central intersections in the Dan region with the participation of all the chassidim

Details to follow