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Comments of the Week

By Unpious.com Staff Writer ยท November 1, 2011 ยท Briefly Noted ยท Comments of the Week ยท Briefly Noted

Some are funny, some are intriguing, some are just spot-on, and some, well, are so damn idiotic that we canโ€™t help liking them. The following are this weekโ€™s gems that we find worthy of repeating.

Jack: Basically, Iโ€™m asking, what would the world be missing out on if there had been no Orthodox Judaism the past 200 years?

Ben Sorer: I recall my yeshivahโ€™s policyโ€ฆโ€Yeshiva [...] admits Orthodox Jewish boys without regard to race, creed or national origin.โ€

No Light: JPACโ€ฆ If youโ€™re the face of Judaism then God must be quite the comedian.

R.W.: I was thinking of starting an alternative jewish band called, Shelo Kโ€™darko.

Ruthie: Is it my imagination, or is one of the uniting factors of the various Chassidic groups a broad and assumed disregard for the rule of law? I mean, no exceptions to the rock-and-turd-throwing even for police??

Bonus for our Yiddish speakers

Y.: ื–ืื’ ื ืืจ ื“ื™ ื™ื•ื ื’ืื˜ืฉ, ื•ื•ื™ ื”ืืกื˜ื• ื–ื™ืš ืื ื’ืขืœื™ื™ื ื˜ ืžื™ื˜ ื“ื™ ืืœืข ืคืืจื“ืจื™ื™ื˜ืข ื”ืฉืงืคื•ืช? ื”ื? ื’ื™ื‘ ืื›ื˜ ื•ื•ืืก ื“ื• ืจืขื“ืกื˜. ื“ื• ื•ื•ื™ื™ืกื˜ ืื– ืื–ื•ื™ ื”ืื‘ืŸ ื’ืขืฉืจื™ื‘ืŸ ื“ื™ ืขื›ื˜ืข ืžืฉื›ื™ืœื™ื? ื“ื• ืกืžืืจืง ืื™ื™ื ืขืจ! ื•ื•ืืก ืงืœืขืจืกื˜ื•? ื‘ื™ืกื˜ ืงืœื™ื’ืขืจ ืคื•ื ืขื ืจืžื‘โ€ื, ืงืœื™ื’ืขืจ ืคื•ื ืขื ืื•ืจื—ื•ืช ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ื, ืื“ืขืจ ืืคืฉืจ ื’ืืจ ืงืœื™ื’ืขืจ ืคื•ืŸ ืจโ€™ ื™ืฉืขื™โ€™ืœืข ืงืขืจืขืกื˜ื™ืจืขืจ?????? ื•ื•ื™ืกืŸ ื–ืืœืกื˜ื• (ื›โ€™ื–ืื’ ื“ื™ืจ ืขืก ื•ื•ื™ื™ืœ ืื™ืš ื”ืื‘ ืจื—ืžื ื•ืช ืื•ื™ืฃ ื“ื™ืจ, ื ื™ืฉื˜ ื•ื•ื™ ื“ื™ื™ื ืข ืคืืœืฉืข ื—ื‘ื™ืจื™ื ื•ื•ืืก ื•ื•ื™ืœืŸ ื“ื™ืš ื ืืจ ืื•ื™ืกื ื™ืฆืŸ) ืคื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ืืœืข ืื•ื™ื‘ืขืจ ื—ื›ืžื™ื ืื™ื– ื ื™ืฉื˜ ื’ืขื‘ืœื™ื‘ืŸ ืงื™ื™ืŸ ืฉืจื™ื“ ื•ืคืœื™ื˜. ืžโ€™ื”ืื˜ ื–ื™ื™ ืืœืข ื’ืขืคื™ืจื˜ ืงื™ื™ืŸ ืื•ืฉื•ื•ื™ืฅ ืื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ืคืืจ ื•ื•ืืก ื–ืขื ืขืŸ ื’ืขื‘ืœื™ื‘ืŸ ื”ืื‘ืŸ ื—ืชื•ื ื” ื’ืขื”ืื˜ ืžื™ื˜ ื’ื•ื™โ€™ื˜ืขืก, ืจื—โ€ืœ!

Rough translation (Doesnโ€™t completely capture the flavor, but we triedโ€ฆ):

Hey, you little scoundrel โ€” Whereโ€™d you read up on all these twisted views? Huh? Be careful what you say. Do you know that this is how the real Maskilim (members of the Jewish Enlightenment) wrote? You dumbass, you! What do you think? You are smarter than the Rambam, smarter than the [author of] Orchos Tzadikim, or maybe even smarter than Reb Shayaโ€™leh of Kerestir?????? Know (I say this because I have compassion for you, not like your fake buddies who only want to use you) that of all these smart-asses there has remained nothing at all. They were led to Auschwitz and those who remained married non-Jewish women, heaven protect us!

Tags: bands, discrimination, God, laws, Orthodoxy
Recovered from the Wayback Machine (copy of 2013-10-14). Original page in the Wayback Machine.

4 Responses

my apologies to the non-Yiddish speakers ยท November 1, 2011 at 5:44 pm

the translation: doesnโ€™t capture the flavor at all.

Y. ยท November 3, 2011 at 12:48 pm

Thanks for the nod.

Only the Yiddish speaking audience, I suspect, is aquatinted with the many sheer number of works on philosophy Rโ€™ Shayaโ€™leh of Kerestir has authored.

Shulem Deen ยท November 3, 2011 at 1:34 pm

Y. โ€” And, of course, lest we forget, his rodent-frightening powersโ€ฆ

lissa ยท November 4, 2011 at 2:19 pm

Y- your comment is hilarious. Shulem ,maybe you should giove him a humor section .

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