Comments of the Week
Unpious.com Staff Writer2011Briefly NotedComments of the WeekBriefly Noted
Some are funny, some are intriguing, some are just spot-on, and some, well, are so damn idiotic that we canโt help liking them. The following are this weekโs gems that we find worthy of repeating.
Jack: Basically, Iโm 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 yeshivahโs policyโฆโYeshiva [...] admits Orthodox Jewish boys without regard to race, creed or national origin.โ
No Light: JPACโฆ If youโre the face of Judaism then God must be quite the comedian.
R.W.: I was thinking of starting an alternative jewish band called, Shelo Kโdarko.
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, ืืื ืืืกืื ืืื ืื ืืขืืืื ื ืืื ืื ืืืข ืคืืจืืจืืืืข ืืฉืงืคืืช? ืื? ืืื ืืื ืืืืก ืื ืจืขืืกื. ืื ืืืืืกื ืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืขืฉืจืืื ืื ืขืืืข ืืฉืืืืื? ืื ืกืืืจืง ืืืื ืขืจ! ืืืืก ืงืืขืจืกืื? ืืืกื ืงืืืืขืจ ืคืื ืขื ืจืืโื, ืงืืืืขืจ ืคืื ืขื ืืืจืืืช ืฆืืืงืื, ืืืขืจ ืืคืฉืจ ืืืจ ืงืืืืขืจ ืคืื ืจโ ืืฉืขืโืืข ืงืขืจืขืกืืืจืขืจ?????? ืืืืกื ืืืืกืื (ืโืืื ืืืจ ืขืก ืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืจืืื ืืช ืืืืฃ ืืืจ, ื ืืฉื ืืื ืืืื ืข ืคืืืฉืข ืืืืจืื ืืืืก ืืืืื ืืื ื ืืจ ืืืืกื ืืฆื) ืคืื ืื ืืืข ืืืืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืืืืื ืงืืื ืฉืจืื ืืคืืื. ืโืืื ืืื ืืืข ืืขืคืืจื ืงืืื ืืืฉืืืืฅ ืืื ืื ืคืืจ ืืืืก ืืขื ืขื ืืขืืืืื ืืืื ืืชืื ื ืืขืืื ืืื ืืืโืืขืก, ืจืโื!
Rough translation (Doesnโt completely capture the flavor, but we triedโฆ):
Hey, you little scoundrel โ Whereโd 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 Shayaโleh 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!
4 Responses
the translation: doesnโt capture the flavor at all.
Thanks for the nod.
Only the Yiddish speaking audience, I suspect, is aquatinted with the many sheer number of works on philosophy Rโ Shayaโleh of Kerestir has authored.
Y. โ And, of course, lest we forget, his rodent-frightening powersโฆ
Y- your comment is hilarious. Shulem ,maybe you should giove him a humor section .