Showing posts with label שפת אמת. Show all posts
Showing posts with label שפת אמת. Show all posts

Thursday, February 8, 2018

More Belzer prohibitions...

Hirshel, here's another Belzer prohibition for you:

In Belz they did not say shir hashirim.  I never saw my elders, who had a strong connection to Belz, say shir hashirim. (I never knew why ) I guess it was part of the Belz in them. I was surprised to see that - or NOT to see that - because in Oiberland, where my family is from, and by other chasidim it was very holy to say it. After the mikvah, with the peyos still wet. Mamash a gevalt! In the footnote here they note a certain Sefas Emes (which by the way was not on the recommended learning list in old Belz, they would rather get caught learn Arugas haBosem) in Pesach that on regular weeks the parables of shir hashirim are a bad influence for people who are megushem. It's probably the reason why Belz avoided it too. But they never said that outright. But in Ger they were more explicit.

Monday, September 10, 2012

?חסידות ע"פ חסידות





























מעולם לא שמעתי אז מ'איז מבאר חסידות ע"פ חסידות. זעהט אויס אז לויטער תניא איז שווער צו פארשטיין, אדער מ'וויל עס פארשטיין אויף א "חסידישער'ער" אופן... דאס הייסט אז די משלים וואס מ'גיבט זאל זיין אלץ וועגן "נסיונות" וואס א בחור האט. אזוי ארום איז איז עס מער "חסיד'יש". אויך די פרקים וואס מ'האט דא אויסדערוויילט זענען די "חסידי'שע" פרקים - די אנדערע פרקים און חלקים זענען צו חב"ד.... און פארוואס איז שפת אמת עפעס א יוצא מן הכלל? שפת אמת איז נישט קיין חסידישע ספר?

Monday, June 18, 2012

Did he take credit for the Hey Shvat "Tish"??



Credit: Gruntig.net

This is NOT an attack on Reb Mike Tress, z"l.

 Maybe it's me and my bias, but it sounded like the juxtaposition of the two terms, Agudas Yisroel and Hey Shvat Tish were supposed to tell us that they were somehow related. That the reason survivors could sit down to a Hey Shvat gathering was because they were members of Agudas Yisroel. Nothing to do with the fact that were Gerrer Chassidim... I realize that he was speaking to an Agudah assembly and was trying to speak of the Agudah's activities among survivors, but still, it's a bit of a stretch. Then again, it could be my inherent bias that drives me. It often was and is the case.