It's not just Biden. American companies spend all of their time trying to appease a murderous Communist dictatorship over claims that it has the right to take over another country.


	First up, <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/apple_warns_suppliers_in_taiwan/">obviously Apple</a>, a company that relies on Chinese contractors to produce garbage products that are then oversold at vastly inflated prices&nbsp;to Americans.

<blockquote>
	
		Apple, which celebrates its self-professed commitment to free expression and human rights, has reportedly told its suppliers in Taiwan to label their components so they describe Taiwan as a province of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

	
		According to Japanese financial publication Nikkei, Apple on Friday&nbsp;warned its suppliers&nbsp;that China has ramped up enforcement of a long-standing import rule "that Taiwanese-made parts and components must be labeled as being made either in 'Taiwan, China' or 'Chinese Taipei.'"

	
		The Register&nbsp;asked Apple to comment on this report and the iGiant used its free expression to say nothing. Were Apple to respond, it would presumably say something like, "We follow the law in countries where we do business," or "we were only following orders."
</blockquote>


	And then Warren Buffett's <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/snickers-maker-apologises-advert-suggesting-121850682.html">candy corp</a>.

<blockquote>
	
		Mars Wrigley, maker of the Snickers candy bar, apologised on Friday for a Snickers product launch which Chinese social media users said suggested that Taiwan was a country.

	
		Videos and pictures showing a Snickers website promoting a limited edition Snickers bar and saying the product was only available in the "countries" of South Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan triggered an outpour of anger on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo on Friday.

	
		Mars Wrigley later published an apology on its Snickers China Weibo account and said the relevant content had been amended.

	
		"Mars Wrigley respects China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity and conducts its business operations in strict compliance with local Chinese laws and regulations," Mars Wrigley added.

	
		However, the social media backlash did not abate as many users were irate that the U.S. company's statement did not say Taiwan was a part of China, a cornerstone of Chinese foreign policy.

	
		"Say it: Taiwan is an inseparable part of China's territory!" read one comment underneath the post on Snickers China Weibo account that received 8,000 likes.
</blockquote>


	You will kowtow. And then we'll rip you off anyway.


	But at least Mars is <a href="https://www.mars.com/news-and-stories/press-releases/mars-accelerates-work-racial-equity">accelerating</a> work on "racial equity" while it's appeasing a murderous dictatorship bent on invading and conquering another nation.


	&nbsp;

US Companies Can't Stop Appeasing Communist China

It's not just Biden. American companies spend all of their time trying to appease a murderous Communist dictatorship over claims that it has the right to take

US Companies Can't Stop Appeasing Communist China

Florida State Attorney Andrew Warren made a written pledge that he wouldn't enforce state laws transgender child sex mutilation and abortion.


	Gov. DeSantis suspended him. Now the Soros DA is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fired-florida-attorney-being-punished-laws-not-on-books-yet-2022-8">complaining</a> about the "Orwellian thought police".

<blockquote>
	
		Former Florida State Attorney Andrew Warren who was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis last week said he's being punished for laws that are not even on the books yet.&nbsp;

	
		"This is Orwellian Thought Police, where I'm being punished for not enforcing laws that are not even on the books yet," Warren told&nbsp;MSNBC's Katie Phang&nbsp;during a Saturday interview.&nbsp;
</blockquote>


	Warren wrote down his "thoughts". That means they're not thoughts anymore, they're formal pledges by an official to disregard the law.&nbsp;


	The Soros DA doesn't actually seem to have read Orwell, which was about a lefty political machine terrorizing everyone, or understand that an official making a formal pledge to do something is not simply a stray thought.


	But Warren doesn't seem to be clear on<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/05/desantis-ousted-da-andrew-warren-insists-hes-still-working-despite-suspension/"> how anything works</a>.

<blockquote>
	
		&nbsp;The Florida state attorney suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis insisted Friday that he still has a job — but the Republican governor’s office said he can’t even get into his old office.

	
		Andrew Warren, who served as Hillsborough County’s top prosecutor until DeSantis&nbsp;announced his ouster Thursday,&nbsp;insisted to CBS that he was still on the job.

	
		“He does not have the authority to suspend me,”&nbsp;he told the network,&nbsp;adding that “the people elected me to serve in this position and I am going to continue doing it to keep our neighborhoods safe.”

	
		Warren asserted that the move was “unconstitutional” and that he refused to recognize its legitimacy.

	
		Those comments drew a Twitter rebuke from DeSantis spokesperson Christina Pushaw Friday, who said Warren was being “delusional.”
</blockquote>


	It's okay. Warren identifies as still being on the job. As long as he thinks so, it's still okay.

Soros DA, Who Refused to Enforce Laws, Accuses Gov. DeSantis of Policing His "Thoughts"

Florida State Attorney Andrew Warren made a written pledge that he wouldn't enforce state laws transgender child sex mutilation and abortion.


	Gov.

Soros DA, Who Refused to Enforce Laws, Accuses Gov. DeSantis of Policing His "Thoughts"

How did De Blasio stay in office for so long? The media covers up the clownish incompetence and lies of elected officials on their side of the aisle until the whole thing hits a critical mass.


	Take this<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/07/eric-adams-texas-migrants-new-york-00050235"> Politico article </a>which describes, with a straight face, Mayor Eric Adams' clowning.&nbsp;


	The background is that Adams falsely accused Gov. Abbott of Texas of sending buses of illegal aliens to New York City. That wasn't actually happening. But in response to the libel, Abbott decided to send a bus to New York City.


	And Adams showed up to grandstand.

<blockquote>
	
		"Mayor Eric Adams condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday for sending buses of asylum seekers to New York City — some of them against their will.

	
		“This is horrific, when you think about what the governor is doing,” Adams said in an early morning visit to the Port Authority bus terminal, where he greeted a bus transporting arriving migrants.

	
		Adams said migrants were being forced onto buses — even if they wanted to go to destinations other than New York. Some were falsely told they would be taken to their desired destination, only to find themselves bound for New York, he said.

	
		“Some of the families are on the bus that wanted to go to other locations, and they were not allowed to do so. They were forced on the bus,” Adams said. “Our goal is to immediately find out each family’s needs and give them the assistance they want.”
</blockquote>


	Here's Politico, casually mentioning in its own story, that Adams is once again lying, and that his staged reception for the illegal aliens was a farce, without coming out and saying it.

<blockquote>
	
		"Fourteen people were dropped off at the bus station Sunday morning, after three days of travel. Adams said officials expected 40 people to be on the bus, but others appear to have gotten off at other stops along the route."
</blockquote>


	Those illegals who were "forced" on the bus to go "where they don't want to" just got off along the way where they wanted to.


	Since we're in New York City, that reminds me of this Seinfeld scene.

<iframe width="541" height="451" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5s7mF3KM5zQ" title="Kramer - people kept ringing the bell!!" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

<blockquote>
	
		Cosmo Kramer&nbsp;:&nbsp;The bus is outta control. So I grab him by the collar, I take him out of the seat, I get behind the wheel, and now I'm driving the bus.

	
		Jerry&nbsp;:&nbsp;Wow.

	
		George Costanza&nbsp;:&nbsp;You're Batman.

	
		Kramer&nbsp;:&nbsp;Yeah, yeah, I am Batman. Then the mugger, he comes to and he starts choking me. So I'm fighting him off with one hand and I kept driving the bus with the other, ya know. Then I managed to open up the door and I kicked him out the door, ya know, with my foot, ya know, at the next stop.

	
		Jerry&nbsp;:&nbsp;You kept making all the stops?

	
		Kramer&nbsp;:&nbsp;Well, people kept ringing the bell!
</blockquote>


	Unimaginable!

<blockquote>
	
		“It is unimaginable what the governor of Texas has done, when you think about this country, a country that has always been open to those who were fleeing persecution,” Adams said. “We’ve always welcomed them. And this governor is not doing that in Texas. But we are going to set the right tone of being here for these families.”
</blockquote>


	This whole thing started when Adams demanded Biden intervene because of all the illegals showing up in New York City. Adams has only doubled down on his lies while claiming that he now welcomes illegals.

NYC Mayor Claims Texas Forcing Illegals To Go To New York, Only to Find Illegals Got Off At Other Stops

How did De Blasio stay in office for so long? The media covers up the clownish incompetence and lies of elected officials on their side of the aisle until the

NYC Mayor Claims Texas Forcing Illegals To Go To New York, Only to Find Illegals Got Off At Other Stops

Like a psycho stalker ex, the media has been churning out a series of whiny articles complaining that they've been blocked by Republicans on social media.


	The latest <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/1115949410/republicans-have-long-feuded-with-the-mainstream-media-now-many-are-shutting-the">comes from</a> NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben, "Republicans have long feuded with the mainstream media. Now many are shutting them out".


	Also, earlier by Danielle, "Republicans confront (or sidestep) abuse accusations against midterm candidates".


	The good news is that Republicans are going Amish on the media. It's belated, but Republicans are discovering that there's absolutely no value to cooperating with media outlets that their own voters are shutting out and that exist for no purpose except elevating the Left and attacking conservatives.

<blockquote>
	
		"Long story short: I heard back from the Democrats but not the Republicans. Phone calls, emails, Facebook messages – I didn't hear back from anyone. The top Republican governor candidates posted no events, though their social media showed they were out, talking to voters.

	
		And so, when I happened to catch the top two GOP governor candidates walking in an Oconomowoc Fourth of July parade, I ran to the end of the route to catch them.

	
		I found former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch greeting supporters. A staffer who then stepped between us told me they knew I had been reaching out and that I should contact a communications staffer, to whom I had already reached out. He would get back to me, she assured me.

	
		He did not. And a day later, at a publicly-advertised meet-and-greet for governor candidate Kevin Nicholson, a staffer told me I wouldn't be allowed to even get tape of Nicholson greeting attendees.

	
		The phenomenon is impossible to quantify, but many Republican candidates are showing that they don't want – or need – to get their messages out via legacy media outlets. "
</blockquote>


	They can't, for the most part, "get out their message" via the media.


	The media sets its agenda items that it wants to ask questions about and these are usually...


	1. Lefty agenda items, racism, global warming, inequity,&nbsp;


	2. Attacks on the Republican candidates, e.g. have you stopped beating your wife


	Republican candidates have to navigate all that and hope they can get in two seconds with their agenda item, e.g. I'm going to cut taxes


	Many are realizing that it's a pointless waste of their time and that collaborating with the media gets you nowhere and is actually more damaging than ignoring it.


	Whose fault is it?&nbsp;


	The media loudly denies that it's biased, but if so, why is it Republicans who are the ones blocking access, not Democrats? If the media is evenhanded, why would one party, not the other, want to exit the game?

<blockquote>
	
		"You can't trust those venues" is a long-standing argument from the Republican side — that legacy media has a liberal bias.

	
		Trust numbers reflect this belief — just 11% of Republicans trust the mass media, compared to nearly 7 in 10 Democrats,&nbsp;according to Gallup.

	
		The question of liberal bias isn't something we can settle in a small section of one article, and coming from a legacy media outlet, a claim that we aim to be unbiased would inevitably come off to some as...well...biased.

	
		But it is also nevertheless true that claims of liberal bias are themselves a political tactic.
</blockquote>


	So is the bias itself and so is dismissing the bias as a political tactic.

<blockquote>
	
		All of this may come off as a lament that some GOP candidates are making reporters' lives harder. That is certainly the read of people like Ron DeSantis' spokesperson when she tells reporters to "cry about it."

	
		But as more candidates have ostensibly public events and don't allow people to tell the public what is said at those events, it raises concerns about accountability.
</blockquote>


	Accountability means the media as a referee. Nobody elected the media to that&nbsp;position and nobody would trust a referee who spends 90% of her time cheering for the Yankees, makes biased calls at every game, and then says that refusing to let her call the game reflects opposition to accountability.


	Elected officials are accountable to voters. If the media wants to claim that it represents the voters, it had better represent the spectrum of voters rather than just the 11% of leftists.


	The media chose to represent a leftist fringe. Those are the only candidates it should expect reliable access to.

Media Not Sure How to Handle Being Shut Out by Republicans

Like a psycho stalker ex, the media has been churning out a series of whiny articles complaining that they've been blocked by Republicans on social media

Media Not Sure How to Handle Being Shut Out by Republicans

In a triumph for the Senate Dems, who remained unified, the Senate passed a massive package to tax and audit the middle class, hugely expanding the IRS and killing domestic manufacturing... to subsidize Tesla owners.


	Electric cars are apparently not subsidized enough and so, with the collaboration of Manchin and Sinema, who managed to carve out exemptions and special privileges for their donors, the massive plan to tax and audit the middle class went through.


	The media spun this plan to tax and audit the middle class as "finally doing something about the climate".


	If taxing the middle class and increasing inflation more can't save the planet... I don't know what will.&nbsp;

Kamala, Senate Dems Pass Middle Class Tax Hike to Subsidize Tesla Owners

In a triumph for the Senate Dems, who remained unified, the Senate passed a massive package to tax and audit the middle class, hugely expanding the IRS and

Kamala, Senate Dems Pass Middle Class Tax Hike to Subsidize Tesla Owners

The Torah on Unborn Children

What is the actual Jewish view on the alleged “right” to kill unborn children, and who can speak with any degree of credibility on the subject?


	According

[Read Part I: <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/07/trusting-doctors-rabbi-chananya-weissman/">HERE</a>.] 
	 
	The Gemara in Nidda 22B discusses the case of a woman who experienced peculiar discharges. It was unclear whether or not they were stillborns, and by extension whether or not she had the status of a childbearing woman. The sages consulted the doctors, who claimed that it was blood from an internal wound.


	This short Gemara is a springboard for much discussion on the extent to which we trust doctors and decide questions of Jewish law based on their words. Despite many variables that come into play, it is unequivocal from our poskim (decisors of Jewish law) that our reliance on doctors is highly circumscribed. That the sages turned to the doctors is something unusual that needs to be reconciled; it is an exception, not a rule.


	This Gemara is not viewed as evidence that doctors are authority figures or wield any authority over the public. Rather, there are times when doctors may have useful information that we take into account in determining the facts of a case. The question is not when we go against the “expertise” of doctors, but when the information we receive from doctors is considered credible altogether.


	Here are a few responses that illustrate this.


	The Chasam Sofer <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sefaria.org.il/Niddah.22b.3?lang%3Dhe%26with%3DChidushei%2520Chatam%2520Sofer%26lang2%3Dhe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657110780451000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2TfL7AMUyooYGK6qh-TTbQ" href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Niddah.22b.3?lang=he&amp;with=Chidushei%20Chatam%20Sofer&amp;lang2=he" target="_blank">writes as follows</a> on this Gemara: “Even though the doctors said to us that this woman has a wound, which implies that they testified to this effect, nevertheless this is merely their judgment, but for what do we need them and their words? There is no significance to their words except that we can know that there is something like this in the world, and to that extent we can trust the doctor – even according to the poskim that we do not rely on doctors when it comes to violating prohibitions.”


	In other words, Chazal turned to the doctors only to know if, based on their actual knowledge and experience, a certain phenomenon existed – not to decide for them whether or not the woman in question experienced it, with the halachic implications that would entail. To this extent the Torah is lenient and allows us to trust doctors, even according to the poskim who categorically dismiss the words of doctors if they urge us to do something that is prohibited.


	The Chasam Sofer's words are hot acid on anyone who claims that the Torah commands us to “follow the science”, “trust the experts”, and hand our lives over to them. Such a notion is antithetical to the Torah, and those who claim otherwise don't have a leg to stand on. If they are rabbis of stature, they have forfeited their worthiness to this stature, and almost certainly have been corrupted. This matter is too clear for anyone with a modicum of Torah knowledge to get it so wrong.


	*


	The <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sefaria.org.il/Torat_Netanel.4?lang%3Dhe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657110780451000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3r1tXjv3VGdjTA19LNtZ6-" href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Torat_Netanel.4?lang=he" target="_blank">Toras Nesanel 4:9</a> cites this Gemara in his response to a different question, and writes as follows: “The Talmud stated plainly 'And the sages asked the doctors', which teaches that two doctors are needed [to corroborate the information]. In our case there was one doctor and a wise woman, who is also considered a doctor, and superior to him, because there is no wise person like one who has experience, for she knows better and is more of an expert, because she is involved with her [the patient under discussion] every day, and is not ashamed to check her very well. There is no comparison between one who imagines things with his mind's eye to one who literally sees with his eyes. 


	“And this is a stake that will not slip, that questions of doctors should be asked by those who have investigative hearts, as it says 'And the sages asked the doctors'.”


	There are two fundamental principles here:


	1) The weight given to a doctor's opinion in a particular case is not based on the pieces of paper on his wall, the honorifics he can boast, or even his general knowledge. We may take all that into account, of course, but there are no free passes. No doctor can browbeat us into accepting his opinion just because he's a big shot. Either he knows what he's talking about in this particular case, or he doesn't.


	In fact, a person with wisdom gained from hands-on experience carries more weight than a doctor whose knowledge is merely academic. The credentials aren't what really matter – it's the wisdom.


	Practically applied, someone who has successfully treated many people for covid-like symptoms over the last two years has far more credibility than even the “best doctors” who read scripts and make proclamations from on high. When it comes to wisdom and hands-on experience, there is no pulling rank.


	2) When we seek information from doctors, we don't send yes-men to receive instructions. We send intelligent, inquisitive people who are capable of understanding, analyzing, and challenging the information. The doctor doesn't have the last word. We cross-examine him, and only then decide the worthiness of his opinion.


	Doctors don't make decisions for us. We examine the information they provide us and decide for ourselves.


	*


	The Chasam Sofer further clarifies the weight of doctors' words in <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sefaria.org.il/Responsa_Chatam_Sofer,_Yoreh_De'ah.158?lang%3Dhe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657110780451000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0tkmT-N-OQEfeur-XTifcn" href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Responsa_Chatam_Sofer,_Yoreh_De'ah.158?lang=he" target="_blank">Yoreh De'ah responsa 158</a>. This is a lengthy, complicated letter regarding a woman who experienced pain during marital relations and sought medical treatment from expert doctors. The details and Torah analysis are outside the scope of this article, but the Chasam Sofer outlines several fundamental principles in the course of his response:


	1) It is highly dubious for a doctor to judge what medication a person should receive without examining the individual patient in question. Chazal taught us that not every body reacts the same way to every drug (Nidda 30B), and therefore we cannot rely on a doctor to blindly claim that any drug is “safe and effective” for a patient he has never even seen.


	The Chasam Sofer notes that some authorities are lenient if a doctor has personally cured someone else with this particular drug, but he finds this highly questionable. After all, he writes, if we can blindly rely on a drug for one person just because it worked for another person, why do we need the doctor altogether? The second patient might as well take the drug on his own. Rather, we are forced to conclude that a doctor must see his patients and provide individualized care. There are no blanket rulings that anyone or everyone should take a drug just because the doctor is a fan of it (let alone a paid endorser).


	2) The Chasam Sofer emphasizes that the words of non-Jewish doctors carry far less weight when matters of Jewish law are in question. In other words, just because a bunch of globalist heathens urge us to shut down our holy places and curtail Jewish life doesn't mean we listen – even if they recruit Jewish-looking “influencers”. In fact, we disregard them.


	3) There is no comparison between trusting doctors about drugs and trusting doctors to violate Shabbos or Yom Kippur if they claim a patient's life is in danger. In the latter cases, the words of doctors are sufficient to establish reasonable doubt that the person's life is in danger, and therefore we can treat him on Shabbos or feed him on Yom Kippur.


	When it comes to drugs, however, we need absolute clarity. If a doctor assures us based on his understanding and study that a drug will be effective, this is nothing more than false and erroneous imagination. We certainly do not violate the Torah based on his claims. Even if he claims he already cured someone with this drug, we suspect that he might simply be promoting himself and the drug in question. It has to be clearly established to us.


	It must also be noted that the latter cases refer, once again, specifically to someone who is already ill. Those who claim that perfectly healthy people should be treated like deathly ill patients and injected with “vaccines” are distorting this source like missionaries.


	*


	<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sefaria.org.il/Teshuvot_HaRivash.447?vhe%3DRivash_Responsa,_Vilna,_1879%26lang%3Dhe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657110780451000&amp;usg=AOvVaw16mxGM1ByGvqw9zkRAGOEY" href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Teshuvot_HaRivash.447?vhe=Rivash_Responsa,_Vilna,_1879&amp;lang=he" target="_blank">The Rivash in responsa 147</a> lays down the law clear as day.


	“...We cannot rule in cases about our Torah and its commandments according to scientists and doctors, for if we trust their words then the Torah does not come from heaven, God forbid, for so they have taken for granted with their fictitious proofs. And if we were to rule in cases of treifos [animals that were found to have grave injuries, and whose meat is therefore not kosher] according to medical wisdom, you would fetch a high payment from the butchers...[for they would rule contrary to Torah law regarding which injuries are life-threatening and which are not]...There is no doubt that they would mock us over this. May boiling gold be poured into their mouths.” 


	The Rivash, it should be noted, was a towering posek who lived in the 1300's. Rabbis today cannot dismiss his words in favor of the heretical “experts” of today – even if rich and powerful people really, really want them to.


	Regarding rabbis who attain their positions through bribery and hobnobbing with the rich and famous, the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sefaria.org.il/Jerusalem_Talmud_Bikkurim.3.3.16-17?lang%3Dhe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657110780451000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3gBOCB75k9pcDyHkhrczCb" href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Jerusalem_Talmud_Bikkurim.3.3.16-17?lang=he" target="_blank">Yerushalmi Bikkurim 11B</a> is most instructive:


	“Rabbi Mana scorned those who were appointed for money. Rabbi Immi would recite the verse about them “gods of silver and gods of gold you should not make for yourselves”. Said Rabbi Yoshia, and the tallis upon him is like a saddle on a donkey. Said Rabbi Shiyan, one who is appointed for money, we do not stand [in respect] before him and we do not call him Rabbi, and the tallis upon him is like a saddle on a donkey.”


	How many rabbinic donkeys have been braying on behalf of the government and the pharmaceutical industry, in exchange for some carrots? We do not respect them, and we do not continue to call them rabbis. Whatever honor they previously earned has been forfeited.


	*


	Finally, the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sefaria.org.il/Havot_Yair.192.101?vhe%3DChavot_Yair,_Lemberg,_1896%26lang%3Dhe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657110780451000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0e0AxXHEep0jr4_31LCcDr" href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Havot_Yair.192.101?vhe=Chavot_Yair,_Lemberg,_1896&amp;lang=he" target="_blank">Chavos Yair in responsa 192:101</a> sums it up best with a parenthetical remark, to which no further comment is necessary:


	“What good is the approval of the doctor when he says a potion of death is a potion of life?”

Blind Faith in Doctors - Part II

[Read Part I: HERE.]
	
	The Gemara in Nidda 22B discusses the case of a woman who experienced peculiar discharges. It was unclear whether or not they were

Contrary to the proclamations of <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rumble.com/vlxs8v-rabbis-robots-and-rodfim.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656842576554000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2MyQBGcuw45sjRbx8u6mjQ" href="https://rumble.com/vlxs8v-rabbis-robots-and-rodfim.html" target="_blank">rabbis who abused and desecrated their positions</a>, the Torah does not instruct us to follow doctors, any more than it instructs us to do something <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rumble.com/v15tgis-when-must-one-listen-to-a-rabbi.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656842576554000&amp;usg=AOvVaw05SqPUdE2p8IWob4qzzDpF" href="https://rumble.com/v15tgis-when-must-one-listen-to-a-rabbi.html" target="_blank">just because a rabbi said so</a>. Indeed, those who made these proclamations on behalf of their sponsors failed to substantiate them – because they can't – and counted on people being too ignorant, lazy, fearful, trusting, and obedient to even question them. Millions of people over the last two years made poor medical decisions as a result, the devastating effects of which are becoming more apparent with each passing day.


	My recent series on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/medical-tyranny-versus-authentic-torah-%E2%80%93-part-4-rabbi-chananya-weissman/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656842576554000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eKhrNMaArPAepfDLATKNF" href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/medical-tyranny-versus-authentic-torah-–-part-4-rabbi-chananya-weissman/" target="_blank">Medical Tyranny Versus Authentic Torah</a> outlined the Torah's true position on the role of doctors. In the following selection of halachic responsa we will see how some of our greatest poskim (decisors of Jewish law) applied these principles in real life.


	Lest one accuse me of cherry-picking, the Torah sources are consistent and unequivocal, and those who believe otherwise are welcome to back it up. The other side of the cherry orchard is a barren wasteland of rhetoric about “saving lives”, “trusting experts”, and “Jewish values”, plus a few sources taken absurdly out of context. Sorry to those who believe everything is too complex and nuanced for the objective truth to be clear. Unless we are talking about details and halachic minutiae – for which we require poskim – the objective truth is generally clear as day. We are responsible to know it and confidently adhere to it, even if corporate shills in rabbinic garb seek to lead us astray.


	Here, then, is real Torah – what they didn't teach you and don't want you to know.


	The <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sefaria.org.il/Shulchan_Arukh,_Even_HaEzer.145.9?lang%3Dhe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656842576554000&amp;usg=AOvVaw28HnmYtl1Y0isnz56-9h9E" href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Shulchan_Arukh,_Even_HaEzer.145.9?lang=he" target="_blank">Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer 145:9</a> deals with the case of a married man who is gravely ill and wishes to grant his wife a divorce right before his death, most likely so that she will avoid becoming a yevama. The way to do this is with a provisional get that will take effect retroactively upon his death, but will be void if he recovers.


	The Shulchan Aruch strongly recommends that the get be worded to take effect only if he dies by a certain day, as opposed to stating that it should take effect if he dies from this particular illness. Otherwise, there is concern that an unscrupulous fellow will try to convince the doctor to say that the man died from some other cause, and he will thereby cast aspersions on the get.


	In other words, there is a serious halachic concern that a doctor may be coerced to fudge the official cause of death. This is not a mere theory or an irrational fear; it's real life, real Jewish law.


	The Rema adds the following comment: “For nowadays we are not experts, and therefore nowadays we should not rely on the evaluations of the doctor.”


	Even if there is no suspicion of corruption, the Rema stated that doctors have less expertise in determining the cause of death than they had in earlier times. One might wish to believe that today doctors are better at this than ever, but considering their wild claims about “covid deaths” and their refusal to acknowledge carnage from the shots, it's fair to suggest that their trustworthiness in this matter is even less than in the times of the Rema. Whatever they know or don't know, they're certainly amenable to fudging a death certificate.


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	The Chasam Sofer has a <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sefaria.org.il/Responsa_Chatam_Sofer,_Even_HaEzer.2.82?lang%3Dhe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656842576554000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3BM9QBzM2mLDFfPu6IrRy5" href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Responsa_Chatam_Sofer,_Even_HaEzer.2.82?lang=he" target="_blank">particularly relevant responsa (2:82)</a>, cited by the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sefaria.org.il/Shulchan_Arukh,_Even_HaEzer.159.1?lang%3Dhe%26p2%3DPitchei_Teshuva_on_Shulchan_Arukh,_Even_HaEzer.159%26lang2%3Dhe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656842576554000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3TmJ7DLQ6rRM5AAYDVYnVV" href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Shulchan_Arukh,_Even_HaEzer.159.1?lang=he&amp;p2=Pitchei_Teshuva_on_Shulchan_Arukh,_Even_HaEzer.159&amp;lang2=he" target="_blank">Pischei Teshuva on Even HaEzer 159:1</a>. This concerns the case of a man who died without children, and his wife was a yevama. Her husband's brother was only six years old, which meant she would be forced to wait seven years until he became an adult and was able to perform chalitza.


	The woman obtained testimony from “expert doctors” that if she remained an aguna for so long, she might become dangerously ill. The Chasam Sofer was asked a twofold question:


	1) Do we trust doctors regarding a person who is standing before us in good health, and we see no signs of illness in him, that this person is actually in danger?


	2) If we do trust the doctors, may we permit a yevama to remarry, despite the prohibition, due to this presumed danger to her health?


	In his lengthy response the Chasam Sofer states emphatically as follows:


	“...We should only trust a doctor about one who is already established to have a certain illness, but as for a person who goes with strength like a healthy person and whispers to a doctor and says 'I have this, and this hurts me' and the doctor judges according to his words as he should, we cannot allow him [the one who claims he is sick] to transgress and to budge at all, certainly not from the words of the Torah based on his dreams and his words.”


	In other words, there is no such thing as doctors declaring that people who show no signs of illness should be quarantined like lepers or otherwise presumed to be spreading deadly diseases. Furthermore, it is forbidden to suspend any mitzvos due to this presumed “threat to life” that is entirely speculative. We do not treat healthy ("asymptomatic") people like sick people, period. The doctor can jump up and down all he wants, but his words are as authoritative as a dream.


	The Chasam Sofer then writes emphatically that we do not permit the yevama to violate Torah law – especially one that involves forbidden relationships – despite the assertion that her emotional distress could theoretically endanger her health.


	This point needs to be emphasized. We do not allow people to hold us hostage to their emotions and compromise the Torah to placate them. We do not violate the Torah because people threaten to throw a tantrum or blame us for the harm they bring upon themselves. Children, and adults who behave like children, are encouraged to grow up, and receive discipline if necessary.


	The Chasam Sofer brings numerous proofs for his ruling and concludes as follows:


	“I hope that there will be no thought or challenge, God forbid, to take action and publicly violate the words of the Torah, God forbid. And we trust in Hashem that one who guards a mitzvah will not have evil befall him [Koheles 8:5] and no tragedy will come through keeping the commandments of Hashem and His Torah...”


	One who trusts in Hashem and follows the Torah does not recklessly endanger himself, but he also does not make concessions for every fear real, exaggerated, or imagined. God does not want us to live like paranoid hypochondriacs, declaring everything a safek pikuach nefesh (a possible threat to one's life), and therefore normal life itself “too dangerous”. Such behavior is a perverse distortion of the very foundations of Torah.


	To be continued...

Blind Faith in Doctors

Contrary to the proclamations of rabbis who abused and desecrated their positions, the Torah does not instruct us to follow doctors, any more than it instructs

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		The institution of marriage is under mortal attack from all sides in our generation. There are those who attack the basic notion of marriage consisting of a union between a man and a woman, thereby relegating marriage to little more than a profane relationship whose main purpose is to receive tax benefits.

	
		There are those who openly scorn the concept of marriage altogether. They claim that two people who “love” one another can live together indefinitely and even raise a family together without consecrating the relationship and assuming the various risks and responsibilities that come with that.

	
		Others of this ilk see marriage as a threat to one's “independence” and “freedom”. If they could write their own Torah – and surely they think they could vastly improve on it – the verse would read “One is better than two, unless the one receives a great deal more in the bargain.”

	
		Still others view marriage as a relationship of convenience, and therefore a relationship to be terminated when it is no longer convenient, or when a more tantalizing opportunity presents itself.

	
		As the foundations of marriage have been attacked, the foundations of family life have been altered to suit the whims of “progressives”. Why should children require both a father and a mother? Why not two of one and none of the other? Why not simply a single mother who retains her “freedom” and “independence”?

	
		It is interesting that those who wax self-righteous about a woman's right to this or that have no moral qualms about bringing a child into the world merely to satisfy the motherly urges of a woman without providing the child any possibility of having a father or any say in the matter. This is progress.

	
		Essentially, every “alternative lifestyle” is glorified and respected, whereas that boring lifestyle that God created and designated as His will for Mankind is forced to retreat and give room in the name of openness and “progress”. One who has principles – aside from the principle to have no principles – is blasphemed. Tolerance and openness do not extend to those who endorse God's will. Those who reject God's will can get anyway with anything.

	
		It should come as no surprise that this breakdown in marriage and family life has created a society in which children have little respect for their parents, scorn authority, reject discipline, mock tradition, and have no concept of altruism. What should come as a surprise is that many people do not consider these to be problems, and even those who do often fail to make the connection.

	
		Much of the Jewish world – including those who are Torah-observant to a significant degree – has fallen prey to this onslaught of ideas and its devastating consequences. We have collectively been dragged down by the rest of the world, and have lost sight of our calling to educate and guide the nations toward God's will.

	
		Most of the ideas in this book are fundamental to all of humanity. I hope they are embraced by my people and by the gentiles to create a more stable, peaceful, happy, and – most importantly – truly God-fearing world. A society with healthy family units, built based on God's architectural design, will be successful and content. Let us embrace the wisdom of the Torah, and proclaim it without shame to all who may be receptive.
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The Institution of Marriage is Under Mortal Attack

Author's note: Below is the "Afterword" of my book, Tovim Ha-Shenayim: A Study of the Role and Nature of Man and Woman, published In 2014 by Kodesh Press. It's

The delusional sociopaths who identify as progressives are, as usual, just the opposite of what they claim. Everything they are forcing on society today – without our consent, like rapists – has been done before. If they were honest, they would identify as primitive, regressive extremists – even terrorists, for so many people live in abject terror of raising a peep of objection, and for good reason.


	Homosexual marriage dates back to the times of Noach, when that little social experiment first brought God's wrath upon the world. I'm sure He appreciates the way today's love-spreaders chose the rainbow as their symbol for parading over thou-shalt-nots. They stick it in God's face as they stick it in ours.


	Crossdressing harks back to ancient times as well (Devarim 22:5), and its direct association with sexual immorality was the real point back then, too (Rashi). It's one of a handful of things the Torah refers to as to'eva, an abomination, something to be utterly rejected. Today's faux-progressives can play dress-up more convincingly, abetted by technological advances in mutilation, but intellectually speaking they are still mere copycats.


	Note: Charges of “homophobia” and its newly born pretend-child, “transphobia”, are similarly misapplied. It shouldn't surprise us, but they can't even get it right with the name-calling. First of all, considering the destruction this sort of behavior has historically wrought upon the world, and the clear biblical warnings not to play that game again, there is plenty to be afraid of. The activists who are raping society with this ideology are endangering people far more than they like to believe anyone is threatening them. Yet more projection from the different-rules-for-you, faux-equity camp.


	Second of all, if someone were afraid of these lost souls and their demonic activists, the last thing he would do these days is publicly stand up to them. The real homophobes and transphobes are the billions of people who stay quiet and indulge them out of fear.


	If only they feared God even one percent as much, the world would truly be a better place.


	Their defiant attacks against God are nothing new. “If God really existed, why is there so much suffering in the world?” Gee, Einstein, what a brilliant question! It's incredible that no one ever thought of it in all these thousands of years (or, as you believe, billions of years). What an enlightened intellectual you are!


	But it gets even worse. The very notion of “social justice”, of pretending to care about the suffering of innocent people as a pretext to profit and push some agenda, dates back to ancient times, too.


	This week we read about Korach, a great man who destroyed himself and those around him because he was jealous of Moshe. Of course, the “narrative” he presented was quite different. Korach accused Moshe of exalting himself over the people and giving special treatment to cronies. How dare he? All the people were holy! Equality!


	Korach's solution? Simple. He would exalt himself over the people and give special treatment to cronies, just to make sure nothing like this could ever happen again.


	The most common buzzword in political campaigns is “change”. But what ever changes, really? The leaders, regardless of who they are, live privileged, sheltered lives, while the ordinary people continue to get hosed. Once they finish pandering for your vote, good luck ever reaching them – unless you're very rich or a public relations opportunity.


	Nevertheless, that's what Korach promised the people. Change! It isn't fair that only Aharon could serve as a Kohen Gadol. It isn't fair that Levites can't do the jobs of Kohanim. Anything a Kohen can do, a Levi can do just as well, or better! Korach whipped up a frenzy, challenging accepted norms and fighting for equal rights.


	One of Korach's followers was a man by the name of Ohn ben Peles, from the tribe of Reuven. Ohn had a very sagacious wife. “What difference does this make to you?” she challenged him. “If this one is in charge, you will be his underling, and if that one is in charge, you will be his underling.”


	Ohn realized that he had nothing to gain and everything to lose by supporting the rebellion. For all his grandiose speeches about equality, rights, and justice, Korach was just another self-interested, power-hungry person climbing on the backs of the people to achieve greater heights for himself. With his wife's assistance, he “called in sick” at the moment of truth, and was spared the bitter fate that met Korach and his followers (Sanhedrin 109B).


	There is a great deal to be learned from these events. Today's social justice warriors follow in the path of Korach. They portray themselves as champions of the people, even as they have as little to do with regular people as possible. They lecture everyone about being more “inclusive”, while everywhere they go is exclusive, by invitation only, for only the most privileged.


	Moreover, they are the worst enemies of every demographic they claim to support. They got nearly a century of mileage pretending to champion “women's rights”, and now they've literally defined women out of existence. They exploited women, then dumped them. “Progressives” are the greatest abusers of women in history.


	The Korachs of our time played the same trick on various ethnic minorities. They excel at sowing discontent, stoking anger, turning people against one another, fomenting racism, even creating it when necessary, just so they can promise to make it all better – if you give them more power.


	Of course, they never make anything better, at least for you. That would defeat the purpose. If everyone were content and in charge of their own destiny, they wouldn't need to enrich and empower con artists to save them. People like Korach can only get ahead by convincing people to be miserable, and keeping them in a constant state of discontent. They make machlokes – they divide people against themselves and each other.


	This is why women in secular Western lands are more “liberated” than ever before in history, yet also the angriest, most perpetually discontent women in history. The day these women are allowed to be at peace with themselves and others is the day all the activists who get rich and powerful abusing them go out of business.


	The homosexuals, crossdressers, and various other alphabet “communities” are doomed to suffer the same fate. The social justice warriors pretending to “fight for their rights” are their worst enemies, too. They too will be used and abused, just like the underdog women, who will grow old and die alone, bitter, disillusioned, and undefined.


	In fact, the alphabet soup will have it far worse than the women ever did. Many of these people have caused permanent damage to their bodies. Furthermore, the same people who cajoled them and coddled them into this “identity” intend to criminalize any sort of therapy to assist them in returning to their natural state. If a homosexual person wants to leave the “community” and voluntarily seeks help, he should be told that it is impossible (false) and against the law to try. Just like the snake, just like Satan himself, they are literally ensnaring people, then keeping them captive until the bitter end.


	It is no wonder that so many of these people kill themselves. Once ensnared in the cult of self-destruction, it's literally the only way out.


	But so many people are getting rich and powerful on their backs. If you want to spread some rainbow love, there are countless millions in grants waiting for you, too. You want to teach Torah? Shame on you.


	If all the useful idiots, the victims of social injustice, knew a little more Torah than “love your fellow” and “man was created in God's image”, they would know how things ended for Korach. The same Torah that they hijack to prey on the ignorant and promote their anti-Torah causes gives them a stark warning about trying to crash through boundaries that God placed upon all of us. The same Torah that inspires those who want a truly fair and just world warns us about those who abuse those ideals to vaunt themselves to the top.


	The gender-bending, race-peddling, rabble-rousing Korachs of today are not progressive in any way. They are retreads, and their greatest victims are those they come to save. May the earth swallow them up and dump them in the deepest recesses of hell.


	That will be progress.


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

Social Justice Warriors and Their Greatest Victims

The delusional sociopaths who identify as progressives are, as usual, just the opposite of what they claim. Everything they are forcing on society today –

[Read Part I: <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/medical-tyranny-versus-authentic-torah-rabbi-chananya-weissman/">HERE</a>; Part 2: <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/medical-tyranny-vs-authentic-torah-part-2-rabbi-chananya-weissman/">HERE</a>; Part 3: <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/medical-tyranny-versus-authentic-torah-%E2%80%93-part-3-rabbi-chananya-weissman/">HERE</a>.]


	Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, the Chafetz Chaim, was one of the greatest and most influential Torah leaders of modern times. His works are staples in every true Jewish home, and his saintliness was legendary. He divinely predicted that European Jewry would be decimated but Hitler's army would be unable to invade Eretz Yisrael, where a remnant would be spared.


	But I wonder if even the Chafetz Chaim knew that two footnotes about him would offer us critical guidance nearly a century after his passing.


	The Chafetz Chaim lived at the juncture between the old world and the modern world. The Reform movement had metastasized into a powerful threat to authentic Judaism, just as the scientific establishment – and the tycoons who controlled it – were starting to believe they can and should control everything. The role of a doctor in society was evolving from the traditional one outlined in this series to that of a nanny and ultimately a dictator.


	If the Chafetz Chaim lived today, what would he do? How would he guide us? Fortunately, the answer is clear from the example he already set.


	The Chafetz Chaim on the Torah is a small collection of his teachings on the weekly Torah portions, plus related stories from his life, which appear in footnotes. Below are English translations of two footnotes from Parshas Va'eschanan.


	“Another time he explained this verse [Devarim 4:15, that one should very much guard his life/soul] that it is incumbent upon a person to take care of his body, just as a wagon driver must take care of his horse that it shouldn't starve, for isn't it from him that he earns his livelihood? Likewise a person needs to take care of his body that he shouldn't harm it, for from it comes life, as well as for the soul.


	“And one time he rebuked one of the famous Roshei Yeshiva in Europe for holding himself back from eating a piece of meat every day, and saved it all for the sake of his students, that nothing should be taken from their daily food. 


	“And he said as follows in his sweet style, 'Among the numerous matters that are incumbent upon the Rosh Yeshiva in his role as a Rabbi to his students, there is one urgent matter that is worthy of particular attention: that he should make sure his students have a healthy Rosh Yeshiva.'


	“He also said that the mitzva to guard one's health is extremely great. More than once he would order the lamps in the yeshiva to be extinguished at a late hour in the night, in order that the students should go to sleep. He had a pearl in his mouth [was fond of saying] that this too was the advice of the yetzer hara [evil inclination], in order that the students should become weak, thanks to their excessive diligence, and they would later completely stop learning Torah. And so he would say, 'Even if the yetzer hara advises you to learn [at such hours], don't desire it and don't listen to him, for his intentions are not pleasing.'


	“And in his final years, when due to weakness it was hard for him to walk, he would push himself in spite of this to walk four cubits after eating, to fulfill the words of our sages in Shabbos 41A..." (Footnote 3)


	The Chafetz Chaim was extremely stringent about protecting one's health, and considered martyring one's health to learn extra Torah as sinfully self-destructive. Furthermore, unlike many modern Jews who pompously dismiss the health teachings of Chazal as outdated, the Chafetz Chaim treated their wisdom in these areas with reverence as well.


	Surely, then, the Chafetz Chaim would place the recommendations of health experts on a pedestal...right?


	Here for your consideration is footnote 7 from the same Torah portion:


	“...When it became known to the Chafetz Chaim that a conference of doctors was going to take place in Vilna, and they were planning to offer various suggestions "for the sake of the health" of the yeshiva students, such as to limit their hours of learning, and to designate an hour or two every day for exercise, and other improvements and "repairs" of this type, such as to reduce the number of students in each group, the Chafetz Chaim, of blessed memory, first sent a letter of blessing to the chairman of the conference, the well-known doctor [Zemach] Shabad, and these were his words:


	“'As I have heard that there will soon be a conference of doctors, and his honor will be the chairman, I send my blessings to him, that the Healer of all flesh should send you His assistance and blessing from above. Being that I heard that the situation in the yeshivos is of great interest at your conference, I thought to inform you that, thank God, the yeshivos are standing on a firm and stable foundation. The students receive all their needs, and they are served three meals a day. Approximately two hours a day they rejuvenate themselves with walks, and, thank God, they are healthy and whole. Surely this will be of great joy to you.'


	“And after signing he added the following two lines: 'I wanted to remind his honor that it is written in the Torah 'Whoever touches the mountain [Mount Sinai when the Jews were given the Torah] will surely die.' If touching the mountain is deserving of death, one who touches the Torah itself [interferes with Torah study] how much more so.'”


	It is fair to assume that Doctor Shabad and his colleagues did not have sinister motives in establishing health regulations for yeshivos. Again, this was when science and technology were starting to take great leaps forward. Most likely these doctors saw themselves as enlightened health experts, privy to revolutionary new discoveries, whose duty it was to impose their wisdom on primitive Torah scholars for their own good.


	The position of doctors was evolving to that of a vaunted authority who makes rules for society. Modern science was evolving into a new form of idolatry. The Chafetz Chaim witnessed these changes, and had the foresight to recognize the existential threat of letting "health experts" overstep their bounds. Doctors were likely to exaggerate potential dangers, overestimate their abilities, and intervene in people's lives far more than appropriate. Even if their motives were entirely benign, expanding the role of doctors beyond the one outlined in the Torah would cause more harm than good.


	Furthermore, if this expansion were permitted for the presumed sake of saving lives, it was inevitable that power-hungry profiteers and governments would use “public health” as a pretext to impose tyranny on the public.


	The Chafetz Chaim politely reminded the doctors that their concern was appreciated, but their intention to intervene in yeshivos was unnecessary and out of bounds. He further warned them that crashing the boundaries and interfering with the Torah would be most dangerous for health – their own.


	Unfortunately the scientific establishment has not heeded the Chafetz Chaim's words, and he is no longer here to lead us in the face of the tyranny that has emerged. However, the appropriate response in the face of these challenges is clear from the example he set. We are not to allow “health experts” to encroach on Torah study or Jewish life at large, no matter what fears they express or promises they make.


	The commandment to guard one's health is most serious, but doctors do not have the right to impose their will on individuals or the public, even if they think they know best.


	Those who were responsible for closing the shuls and yeshivos did not only touch the mountain, they committed grave sins. Those who issued fraudulent “rulings” that we must do whatever doctors decide for us corrupted the Torah, the penalty for which is losing one's share in the world to come (Avos 3:11). It is unlikely that they can escape punishment after all the harm they caused, but if they repent they can salvage their souls.


	The rest of us need to take the Chafetz Chaim's words to heart and recalibrate our approach to “health experts”. Doctors work for us, as individuals, if we choose to employ their services. They do not control our lives, and no government has the right to ride on the backs of doctors to control our lives.


	If they seek to encroach on the Torah and Jewish life – even with the best of intentions – we must inform them that this interference is unnecessary and unwelcome. If they insist on interfering, we must resist. If their intentions are malicious, we must recognize them as mortal enemies who come dressed as saviors.


	Whoever touches the mountain will surely die, and those who touch the Torah, how much more so. May it be soon.

Medical Tyranny Versus Authentic Torah – Part 4

[Read Part I: HERE; Part 2: HERE; Part 3: HERE.]


	Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, the Chafetz Chaim, was one of the greatest and most influential Torah leaders

[Read Part I: <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/medical-tyranny-versus-authentic-torah-rabbi-chananya-weissman/">HERE</a>; Part 2: <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/medical-tyranny-vs-authentic-torah-part-2-rabbi-chananya-weissman/">HERE</a>.]


	Modern science is not merely driven by greed. It is at war with God.


	The scientific and medical establishment (with individual exceptions) fails to recognize God as the creator and supreme authority of everything in the world. The more they discover, the more they should appreciate how little they truly know, and the more humbled they should be in the face of God's infinite wisdom.


	Unfortunately, just the opposite occurs. They discover a little bit and think they are on the verge of knowing everything. If they know everything, they can control everything. If they control everything, then God is obsolete. Instead of acting as humble servants of God, they seek to displace Him.


	This is why the scientific establishment views the nature that God created as a threat to be overcome. They warn us that the sun will eventually burn us up, or melt the ice caps and flood the earth, or burn itself out and cause us to freeze, so they must control the climate and everything therein. God doesn't enter into this conversation. Only science can save us.


	They warn us that nature is constantly attacking us with deadly pathogens, which will kill off humanity unless modern science finds vaccines. Not to be deterred, nature will constantly develop new strains of pathogens to overcome the vaccines. Modern science is our only hope to stay one step ahead as the war between nature and humanity escalates.


	They warn us that the world will run out of food and other essential resources, because humanity is destroying the planet and the planet can't sustain humanity anyway. It's a war of attrition, and either way humanity will die! Therefore, scientists tell us, the rich and powerful people who own the scientists must tightly control all the resources and all the people.


	But that's not enough. Since God and His nature can't provide enough food for everyone, some people will eventually die. The rich and powerful must prevent this tragic loss of human life by reducing the number of people in the world. After all, the only scientific solution to “overpopulation” (too many people) is to make large numbers of people disappear and prevent children from being born to replace them. This is known as “depopulation”, which should NOT be confused with genocide.


	I have a two-word response to everyone playing God who says the world has too many people and some of them need to go. The words begin with F and Y.


	You first.


	What's really behind all these claims, crises, and solutions is a war against God and everything the Torah teaches about His world. Modern scientists believe that God has no place in science; belief in God is “unscientific”. They cannot accept that there is a God who not only created the world with infinite wisdom, but that He continues to control the world and everything in it. That would be a death blow to the egos and aspirations of modern scientists. They want to be the ones who know everything and control everything. They want to take over the business. God is their competitor.


	If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and loving, then He created the world with perfect wisdom to sustain the life upon it. Scientists desperately want to prove that the world is fundamentally defective, that the world cannot sustain the life upon it. They could then argue that God doesn't exist – for otherwise the world would not be defective – or that He is no longer relevant, and only science can save us.


	This is why modern scientists are obsessed not with growing more food in more parts of the world – the most sensible solution to a supposed food shortage – but with genetically modifying food and creating artificial substitutes for natural food. Growing more food demonstrates submission to God's nature, working in harmony with God's providence. If human beings can replace natural food with fake meat, fake milk, and food pills made in a lab, then why do they need God?


	This is why the scientific establishment pours money and resources into tampering with nature, mutating pathogens, conducting horrific experiments on animals and people alike, and creating biological weapons. Do they really have nothing better to do? Can all that money and brainpower not be put to better use?


	Oh, but they are saving us from terrible diseases that didn't befall us until these saviors came along and created them. God should save us from those who claim to be keeping us safe.


	The Torah teaches that every human being is unique, human life has infinite value, and every moment of life is precious. The Torah further commands us to procreate and fill the earth, with no concern for God's ability to provide sustenance for everyone. That can only be true if God created the world and continues to rule it.


	The scientific establishment believes that there is no God with infinite resources, human beings are expendable (especially for “the greater good”), and they determine how much anyone's life is worth. Naturally, it is entirely moral to experiment on human beings, sacrifice some to benefit others, and decide when anyone shall be “mercifully” put to death.


	The Torah teaches that every human being is a soul that was brought into this world to fulfill a purpose. This includes subjugating himself to God, observing His laws, doing good for others, and elevating himself spiritually. After being in this world for a designated period of time, the soul will then return to the spiritual world and give a reckoning for its performance.


	The scientific establishment believes that human life is an accident, and life in this world is all there is. Their goal is to merge man with machine to create a master race that will live forever. The only purpose in life is to enjoy money and power for as long as possible. (Fun fact: the development of modern science does not correlate to overall longer lives, better health, or greater happiness.)


	All this didn't start yesterday. It's been going on for generations. The scientific establishment is predicated on the belief that the world is millions, billions, trillions of years old; that the world came into being by accident; that human beings “evolved”; that whatever the Torah says about the origins of the world and humanity is untrue. If they can poke a hole in the story of creation, then why should we believe in God and His laws?


	The Torah states that God made an oath to Noah after the flood that the seasons would never cease, and that He would no longer flood the earth (Bereishis 8:22, 9:11). The Torah further teaches that God established the sand as the boundary to the sea; the sea can rage all it wants, but must remain confined to its designated place (Yirmiyahu 5:22).


	Modern scientists warn that the ice caps will melt and flood the entire earth. They can't both be right. If you believe modern scientists then you must deny God.


	The Torah states that God created humanity as Man and Woman, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://kodeshpress.com/product/tovim-ha-shenayim/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1654605504163000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1wNl-Hjgru_fSa0CGFnYoK" href="https://kodeshpress.com/product/tovim-ha-shenayim/" target="_blank">they have distinct natures and roles</a>, and together they produce and raise the next generation.


	Modern scientists want to obliterate Man and Woman as unique creations of God and produce the next generation in labs, next door from the fake meat and food pills. (No need for parents or ancestry; the state will own them.)


	I certainly appreciate the many ways scientific discoveries have improved our lives. There is tremendous potential for scientists to make the world a truly safer, happier, more prosperous place – if they subjugate themselves to God.


	Unfortunately, every layer of modern science that we peel off reveals just another battle in their war against God. This war is reaching a climax; it cannot go on much longer.


	Spoiler alert: God wins easily, and the world will be better off than anything modern science could ever imagine.


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

Medical Tyranny Versus Authentic Torah – Part 3

[Read Part I: HERE; Part 2: HERE.]


	Modern science is not merely driven by greed. It is at war with God.


	The scientific and medical establishment (

[Read Part I: <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/medical-tyranny-versus-authentic-torah-rabbi-chananya-weissman/">HERE</a>.]


	The Rambam (Maimonides) begins his magnum opus on Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah, with health advice. After all, if one is ill, weak, or in pain, he will be greatly limited in his ability to study the Torah, perform the mitzvos, and reach spiritual heights.


	The Rambam was an ideal person to offer health advice in this context. Not only was he one of the greatest Torah scholars who ever lived, he was also a Renaissance man and the preeminent physician of his time. If the Rambam ran our health system without learning a thing about modern science, we would still be better off.


	In chapter 4 of Hilchos De'os the Rambam outlines his primary rules for being healthy and strong. He advises us on diet, sleep, exercise, bathing, eliminating waste, and marital relations. The overall theme is to maintain equilibrium through proper diet and being attentive to our body's needs. Illness is caused almost invariably by eating harmful foods, overeating, or otherwise failing to care for oneself.


	The Rambam then makes a remarkable guarantee (De'os 4:20): “Anyone who conducts himself in these ways that we instructed, I guarantee him that he will not become ill all his days, to the extent that he will become very old and die without needing a doctor, and that his body will be complete and retain its health all his days. [This is true] unless his body was bad from the beginning of its creation, or if he conducted himself with one of the bad habits from his early days, or if a plague of pestilence comes or a plague of famine to the world.”


	He adds one further disclaimer in the next law: “All these good practices that we mentioned are only appropriate for healthy people. However, a sick person, or one who has an illness in one of his limbs, or one who conducted himself with bad habits for many years – for each of these there are other ways and practices according to the particular illness, as explained in the medical books. And a change to one's routine [or environment] is the beginning of illness.”


	There are several key conclusions from the Rambam's words, which remain true to this day:


	1) Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the only way (short of miraculous intervention) to prevent illness. There are no shortcuts and no alternatives.


	2) The overwhelming majority of illnesses are caused by malnutrition and poor habits that weaken the body. Under normal circumstances, a person should never get sick. If he does get sick, he almost certainly brought it upon himself in one way or another. It is not part of God's natural order for people to become ill; the world He created is not our enemy.


	3) This being the case, the proper remedy for most illnesses is to restore harmony to the body and rectify the behavior that brought about the illness. In other words, proper medicine involves identifying and addressing the root cause of the illness, not merely treating the symptoms.


	4) The Rambam did not recommend pharmaceutical products of any kind as a preemptive measure to ward off illness. Medical treatment is only advised after the onset of an illness, and medical treatments should be tailored to the individual and his illness.


	5) By definition, all pharmaceutical products impact the equilibrium of the body, and should never be introduced unless there is an overriding need that cannot be addressed another way. Obviously, healthy people should never take pharmaceutical products; it can only harm them.


	6) There is no such thing as a “public health policy” mandated by the authorities, nor any one-size-fits-all approach to medicine.


	7) Forcing healthy people to take pharmaceutical products should be considered assault and battery. (Mandating, pressuring, coercing, or any other such linguistic attempts to split hairs are all forms of forcing.)


	All these conclusions based on the Rambam's words are consistent with the Torah's general approach to doctors and medical intervention. The job description of a doctor is to advise people on healthy living, treat injuries, and restore bodily equilibrium in the event of illness. He is not a ruler or a god; he is a repairman and a coach for those who can't do it themselves.


	Modern science, by contrast, downplays healthy living as merely a good idea. At best it may reduce your odds of getting sick, but it's not essential. In the event of illness (which modern science believes is inevitable, because God's nature itself causes illness) we must worship the new god of modern science. Natural remedies are dismissed as “not real science”, and the Rambam would be mocked for believing that “food is medicine”. The first reaction to every illness – or even the mere threat of one – is a pharmaceutical product, if not a permanent regimen of them.


	Of course, this perspective did not develop organically, through a process that could be called “scientific”. It parallels a corporate takeover of the entire medical system. The purveyors of pharmaceutical products wield enormous leverage over medical schools, hospitals, doctors, medical journals, the media, regulatory agencies, lawmakers, and entire countries. They seized this control over a few generations, during which thousands of years of combined human wisdom was quickly marginalized as “alternative medicine” and its practitioners as quacks, while people in lab coats became godlike authorities whose edicts must be obeyed.


	It is no wonder that the first instinct of the vast majority of doctors is to turn to a pharmaceutical product for every problem, real or theoretical. It is not even actual health problems or the potential for them, but anything in your life that isn't quite right. Feeling upset about something? They have a drug for that. Your child isn't docile? Standardized classroom indoctrination isn't working out? It's never too early to make him chemically dependent.


	The big bucks are spent on developing new drugs, promoting them, and, if possible, forcing people to take them. That's where the money is. There is little profit in encouraging people to follow the Rambam's advice, especially if it means they never have to see a doctor until the day they die. The Rambam readily offered “the secret” to never requiring his services, more than happy to lose business if people stayed healthy.


	The pharmaceutical industry does not want people to stay healthy, happy, and independent.


	According to the Torah's view, as articulated by the Rambam, a doctor's services should be enlisted on an as-needed basis for a specific issue. Ideally, one should never need to see a doctor in his entire life.


	According to the modern view, it's the exact opposite. Only doctors can keep us healthy with their tests and drugs. Ideally, we would be constantly monitored by doctors, controlled by “health authorities” like marionettes, and automatically regulated with pharmaceutical products. (They're working on it.)


	The Rambam's bold guarantee 800 years ago has aged well. The pompous proclamations of modern “health experts”, by contrast, rarely weather a few news cycles. Modern scientific “fact” today will almost inevitably be a meme tomorrow.


	It is high time we recognized that the modern scientific establishement, for all its achievements, is totally corrupted, at odds with God, and is committed to preventing us from being healthy so that we will be completely dependent on their products.


	Everything about the way we view doctors, medicine, and “the experts” has to change – everything. Pharmaceutical companies will have to severely downsize. Governments will have to relinquish power.


	The Rambam was willing to sacrifice profit and control so we could be truly healthy and independent. Are they?


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

Medical Tyranny vs. Authentic Torah - Part 2

[Read Part I: HERE.]


	The Rambam (Maimonides) begins his magnum opus on Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah, with health advice. After all, if one is ill, weak

There is no shortage of treasonous “rabbis” and Trojan-horse “Jewish organizations” that spread misinformation about the Torah to justify whatever the Amalekites promote – perverse “lifestyles”, murdering unborn children, you name it. Thanks to an education system that fails to teach the fundamentals of Judaism and encourage independent thought, the average Jew is overwhelmed by the “authority” behind this misinformation, despite its lack of substance. The average gentile, of course, cannot be expected to discern the true Torah perspective when those who distort the Torah are numerous, well-funded, and backed by the establishment.


	We can sit back and lament the situation, or we can do something about it. I choose the latter.


	Not surprisingly, the Amalekites are continuing their push to take over the world under the guise of “public health”. They intend for the corrupt, genocidal front known as the World Health Organization – a cynical name if ever there was one – to conquer the world without firing a shot.


	It is critical to strengthen our understanding of the Torah's actual position on “health experts” and “public health”, and to loudly proclaim it to all who care to know it. Fortunately, one does not need to be a Torah scholar – or even a Jew – to discern the truth when both sides are presented.


	The other side has nothing.


	Chazal teach us that for a lie to take hold it needs to be built on a kernel of truth (Rashi on Bamidbar 13:27, based on Sotah 35A). The Erev Rav who serve the Amalekites build elaborate lies on a kernel of Torah to justify positions that are entirely contrary to the Torah.


	According to the Torah, doctors play a role in society, and there are cases in which their assessment of a patient determines the proper course of action according to Jewish law. There is also a concept of an expert doctor, whose opinion carries greater weight. In addition, protecting one's health and saving the lives of others override many (not all) considerations.


	On the basis of this, the Amalekites and their rabbinic lackeys claim that we must allow “health authorities” to control literally every aspect of our lives. Hence, without any context or examination of actual Torah sources that define and outline the parameters of these teachings, they declare that “Doctor's orders” is no longer just a witty rejoinder, but a rubber stamp for anything the Amalekites have up their sleeve.


	The Ibn Ezra on Tehillim 32:10 succinctly outlines the Torah's actual position on the role of doctors in society: “...And know that the Scripture did not permit one to receive medical treatment except for man-made injuries, for Hashem alone is the Healer of Israel...”


	Obviously the subject of when and to what extent one should seek medical treatment is complex, with a corresponding wealth of Torah sources to guide us. Generally speaking, however, the Torah favors a minimalist approach to medical treatment. The role of a doctor is limited to treating injuries, assisting the body to recover from illness (as doctors cannot cure anything), and advising people on healthy living. The Torah is consistent about this; the rest is commentary.


	The role of a doctor is not to conduct medical experiments, serve the interests of pharmaceutical companies, perform medical treatments on healthy people, or impose rules on anyone – let alone all of society – to prevent people from contracting an illness. They cannot hold patients hostage in medical facilities against their will or prevent people from visiting them. They cannot force people to take medical treatments (except in extremely limited circumstances, which do not apply to the present situation), and certainly have no authority over healthy people, ever.


	For that matter, doctors have no authority over anyone, ever, unless it is given to them by the individual or his immediate proxy. According to the Torah, the government has no right to impose medical treatments or dictates of any kind on the population, regardless of what any number of doctors believe is necessary. Doctors have no right to force anyone to stay at home, even during a plague.


	The Torah rarely allows even criminals to be imprisoned; fear of illness is not a jailable offense for the healthy or the sick.


	The Amalekites and their rabbinic lackeys turn the Torah completely on its head. They claim that doctors and “health authorities” should be maximally invasive on all people, all the time. They should not only control the treatments that are available to sick people, and even be forced upon them, but they should force medical procedures on healthy people as well. This begins from the moment of birth and continues unabated through childhood and adulthood.


	Doctors should also be the determinants of when someone's life is not worthy of continuing, and should be terminated through wilful disregard or actively snuffing it out. Josef Mengele – himself an Amalekite doctor – waved people to the right or left based on similar considerations. He seems to be the role model for “public health policy” today.


	Doctors today are judge, jury, and executioner for people who have done no crime and come to them seeking help. According to Amalek, this is exactly the way it should be. According to Amalek, this is merciful.


	There is no basis for this in the Torah. There is only a kernel of truth: doctors' opinions carry weight in determining the proper treatment for an individual patient some of the time, and saving lives is extremely important. That's it. One does not need to be a Torah scholar to discern the truth from the exaggerations and distortions of the Erev Rav.


	It is high time doctors are put back in their rightful, extremely limited place – and the Amalekites in theirs.


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

Medical Tyranny Vs. Authentic Torah

There is no shortage of treasonous “rabbis” and Trojan-horse “Jewish organizations” that spread misinformation about the Torah to justify whatever the

Relating to Israel Under the Erev Rav

Within the world of Torah-observant Jews there are two primary schools of thought when it comes to the modern state of Israel – a creation that is decidedly

There's a <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DkLqqe-dLHt8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651132656633000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2gn0kOlpLsEga2mNzkCL9O" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLqqe-dLHt8" target="_blank">horrific video</a> of the residents of Shanghai screaming from their buildings where they are imprisoned. 23 million people are under indefinite house arrest, slowly going mad and literally starving to death – for their own good, of course. You know, if they went outside someone might catch a flu.


	Never again indeed.


	I had a couple of thoughts that are deeper than the superficial horror of it all.


	First, I wonder how many of these people have thought to scream to God in this darkest of times. It's difficult to expect this of them, being that the state religion of China is the Communist government, and believing in an even higher authority is extremely dangerous. I'm not here to judge the victims. But if 23 million people cried out to God, instead of just to the dark emptiness ... I don't know what He would do, but it would be powerful.


	Another thought: If you ever wondered why so many Jews went like lambs to the slaughter, and it upset you that they didn't revolt against their tormentors, maybe now you can understand. Why don't 23 million people storm the streets and overrun their tormentors? Yes, many will be lost in the process, but victory is guaranteed.


	What do they have to risk at this point, anyway? Being tortured to death in even more gruesome ways? Missing out on the better future that awaits them with continued subservience? They could hardly have less to lose at this point – but still they stay at home screaming and begging for food.


	This is what happens when people are totally controlled, degraded, defeated, and conditioned to be obedient no matter what. If they are told to dig their own graves and stay there until they starve to death, or else, they will obey. They will complain about it, or scream, but in the moment of truth they will submit to the voice of authority.


	The overwhelming majority of people all around you have been conditioned in exactly the same way. Over the last two years they have been significantly controlled, degraded, and defeated. They were told to harm themselves and their children in so many ways, or else, and they were obedient.


	What's going on in Shanghai is not a crazy medical policy or a political stunt. It's an experiment. It's a model.


	The Nazis knew what they were doing. Their greatest nightmare was a collective mutiny, the many rising up against the few, armed and fed as these few were. They would not have been able to control it. But they refined the science of manipulating and controlling huge masses of people with a small number of authority figures. Make no mistake about it – it's a science.


	The rich and powerful, both elected and unelected, have continued to refine this science ever since. It is the greatest obsession of every world leader – how to manipulate and control the masses. They are not devoting your nation's material and intellectual resources to improving your life. They are devoting them to eliminate any chance of the many ever rebelling against the few.


	The Amalekite tyrants who run the world for the time being are not looking on with horror as 23 million people are held prisoner in their homes, with no large-scale rebellion. They are taking notes.


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

The Shanghai Model

There's a horrific video of the residents of Shanghai screaming from their buildings where they are imprisoned. 23 million people are under indefinite house

I have bad news and good news.


	The bad news is that we are living in a dor yasom, an orphan generation that is bereft of gedolim (great men of Torah and piety) to lead us. This is not a criticism of the rabbis who have remained uncorrupted and are fulfilling their individual callings with valor. It is a statement of fact that we lack the towering giants of even a generation ago who carried the nation on their shoulders, like parents carrying their children.


	I don't believe there was ever a time in Jewish history with such a void. There is no one we can go to with questions or problems and be confident not only that will he give us the correct answer, but that Hashem is speaking through him. Those of us who seek the truth don't have a clear address anymore. We have to shop around and muddle through. If we have a rabbi in our lives who is generally knowledgeable, caring, and uncorrupted, who can help us most of the time, we are extremely fortunate. But we have no gedolim to carry the mantle of those who came before them.


	The good news is that this is <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id%3D272&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650123082667000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3A6tpJFVZvHf_qHo_M9wVm" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=272" target="_blank">one of the signs</a> that our redemption is imminent. Not only that, but when it comes to saving us in times of trouble, gedolim don't matter nearly as much as we tend to think.


	You read that right, and no, I didn't become a heretic. Allow me to explain.


	We have a long tradition of gedolim rescuing their flock with prayers and guidance. Moshe Rabbeinu is the best, most obvious example, having repeatedly interceded on behalf of the Jews in the desert after their sins brought them to the brink of annihilation. Subsequent gedolim inherited this power and responsibility, albeit on a diminished level from that of Moshe.


	In addition to interceding in times of judgment, gedolim bring blessing and protection to their generation. The entire world was sustained in the merit of Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa, while he subsisted on a small measure of carob from week to week (Brachos 17B). Chapter three of Ta'anis is replete with examples of tzaddikim ending droughts with their prayers or signs of mourning. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai stated that the world could not firmly exist without thirty tzaddikim like Avraham, and that he alone could protect his generation (Succah 45B, Bereishis Rabba 35:3; see commentaries for much discussion).


	He further boasted that he could absolve the world of the sins it accumulated during his lifetime. Rashi explains: In my merit I can bear all their sins and absolve them from judgment. Sefer Chasidim further explains that the suffering he experienced when he and his son, Rabbi Elazar, were forced to hide in a cave for twelve years would be sufficient to absolve the wicked of the punishment due them.


	Obviously there are many deep layers to this, far deeper than my department, but there is a fundamental problem that must be addressed. The Torah is very clear that every person bears individual responsibility for his own sins. Although we inherit both the merits and spiritual baggage of those who came before us (Devarim 5:9-10, 7:9), Hashem judges us one by one (see Devarim 24:16 and commentaries, first Mishna in Rosh Hashana). Ultimately we will all have to stand before the Heavenly Court and face the music individually.


	The plot further thickens with the case of Rebbi. During the thirteen years he suffered from a toothache (for spiritual reasons, of course) no woman in Israel died during childbirth or experienced a miscarriage (Kilayim 42A). When Rebbi was finally cured (for spiritual reasons, and without drug companies, of course) Rabbi Chiya lamented the misfortune that was sure to befall childbearing women as a result.


	The notion of a holy person carrying away the world's sins and suffering on their behalf sounds uncomfortably similar to a belief system that is antithetical to Judaism. So what is going on here?


	The answer is that both concepts are true. Every individual is judged individually and is responsible for his own actions. No one can wave a magic wand and make his sins disappear; whoever makes the mess has to clean it up himself, either through repentance or punishment. At the same time, righteous people can bear suffering that would befall others – but not the way Christians distorted the concept.


	This can best be understood with a simple analogy. Every individual has a personal account with Hashem, which we can liken to a bank account. When we do something good, we deposit a merit into the account. When we do the opposite, God forbid, we withdraw from the account. Good deeds and sins do not cancel each other out, of course; if a person does one of each, he will be rewarded for the good deed and punished for the sin. However, the overall balance of one's spiritual bank account, his spiritual standing, is determined by placing all his deeds on a scale and seeing which side carries more weight.


	Every individual has this type of account, and it is his alone to manage.


	But there are other accounts that he is responsible for. These are joint accounts, which belong to all the societies of which he is a member: his city, his nation, the entire world. As these accounts have numerous co-signers, his share in the account and his influence over it are very limited. Nevertheless, everything he does has a spiritual effect on the world around him. When he does something good, he deposits a merit into these accounts, and when he does a sin, he negatively affects the spiritual balance of the entire group.


	When God judges society, it is these accounts that He examines. What is the overall spiritual standing of the society, based on the collective merits and demerits of all its members? When the overall spiritual health of the society is strong, Hashem will bless the society, and even the less-deserving members will benefit. When the reverse is true, even the more righteous members will suffer because of the rest of the group. When there is a drought, for example, there is a drought for everyone. When it rains, everyone enjoys the blessing.


	Individuals with exceptional performance one way or the other may receive special treatment, but overall the society is judged collectively. Classroom discipline operates the same way. Some children whine that it is unfair when the entire class is punished (though they never refuse to participate when the entire class is rewarded) but this is how society has to work. If we are to enjoy the benefits of living in a society with other people, we must bear some responsibility for the society as well.


	One of the clearest examples of this from Tanach is when “approximately” thirty-six Jews fell in battle following the sin of Achan (Yehoshua chapter 7). Chazal expound that only a single Jew, Yair ben Menashe, fell in battle (Sanhedrin 44A). Either way, why should other people die because of Achan's sin?


	The answer is that all Jews are guarantors for one another (כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה). The parameters and ramifications of this are the subject of much discussion, but on a fundamental level this should no longer be difficult to understand.


	Until Achan sinned, the Jewish people were collectively worthy of the highest level of protection from Hashem. It was unfathomable that even a single Jew would fall in battle. Achan's sin negatively impacted the national account enough to remove this highest level of protection. The entire nation was now more vulnerable to ordinary dangers. Yair was not punished for Achan's sin. He fell due to the diminished spiritual protection over the entire nation. (I elaborate more on this in my Dvar Torah on Nitzavim in <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/book.php?id%3D2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650123082667000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XKLHCwFKhWV1dCXOMVk25" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/book.php?id=2" target="_blank">Keser Chananya</a>.)


	So how do gedolim factor into this?


	Like everyone else, gedolim have personal accounts which are theirs alone. At the same time, they too are members of the various joint accounts. Unlike most co-signers, however, they are constantly depositing merits into the account, especially powerful merits. The quantity and magnitude of their deposits has a tremendous impact on the overall spiritual health of society, far more than the proportional impact of an average member.


	This is why entire cities can be protected in the merit of a gadol, and when that gadol moves away or passes from this world, they lose that protection (see Bereishis 28:10, Rashi). One clear example of this from the Torah is with Aharon HaKohen. When he died, the clouds that protected the entire Jewish people in his merit went away, at least temporarily.


	But gedolim can protect their societies in another way. When, God forbid, the overall spiritual health of their society sinks to a dangerous point, when the joint bank account is in overdraft despite the contributions of the gadol, the debt must be collected. As Rabbi Chinina bar Papa taught, Hashem doesn't collect from a nation until their debts reach a certain measure (Sotah 9A, based on Yeshaya 27:8).


	There are several ways this can happen. One is for the overall spiritual protection of the society to be diminished, as in the case of Achan, after which tragedies will naturally occur. Another is for the entire society to be punished in a specific way, such as with a drought. The ultimate purpose of these punishments is to awaken the people to generally repent and to root out a specific sin that might be the primary cause of the problem (which was the case with Achan and the famine in the times of David). Alternatively – and hopefully concurrently – the people can increase their collective merits to restore a positive balance to the account and redeem them from punishment.


	But there is another way the debt can sometimes be collected. A gadol can suffer on behalf of everyone else.


	After all, if a joint account is in overdraft, the bank doesn't care who pays the debt, so long as the debt is paid. It doesn't matter if everyone else is responsible for the debt, but one wealthy benefactor bears the burden on their behalf. It isn't the most equitable solution, but once the debt is paid, the account is restored to good standing.


	This explains why no women miscarried or died in childbirth while Rebbi was suffering. Even though he was being punished for his own slight imperfection, his suffering carried away much of the collective debt of his generation, bringing special protection to the people. This also explains why gedolim were able to end droughts with relatively minimal displays of mourning. The trivial discomfort of a gadol – who should never be discomfited in any way – cleans away massive spiritual debts from the rest of the nation.


	Righteous people cannot carry away sins, but they can bear a greater share of the burden for society's collective debt.


	So why do I write in the beginning that gedolim don't matter nearly as much as we tend to think?


	First of all, everyone has the ability to make great contributions to the joint account. Gedolim do it more frequently and in greater amounts than most people – that's what makes them gedolim – but this opportunity is available to all of us. In fact, we should consider it our responsibility to one another and to the gedolim who bear a greater share of the burden to pull our own weight.


	Among the many stories in chapter three of Ta'anis about the merits of gedolim protecting their cities, we find cities being saved from terrible punishments in the merit of ordinary people performing seemingly trivial acts of kindness (Ta'anis 21B). Every person has the ability to move the collective spiritual needle in extraordinary ways. We should not wait for gedolim to do this on our behalf – nor hang our heads when there aren't any. As Chazal taught us, in a place where there are no men, strive to be a man (Avos 2:5).


	The fact that we should not depend on gedolim to bail us out, and to instead take greater responsibility for our society, is illustrated by Rabbi Chanina. The Gemara in Yerushalmi Ta'anis 3:4 relates that there was once a plague in Tzipori, but it did not enter Rabbi Chanina's neighborhood. The people of Tzipori complained that “this old man” was sitting in peace in his neighborhood, while the entire province was suffering, and he wasn't praying for them.


	Rabbi Chanina went and expounded before them that in the times of Moshe there was one Zimri (a particularly immoral person) and 24,000 people died in a plague, despite Moshe's merits. In Tzipori there were many people like Zimri, so why were they complaining about him?


	Another time there was a drought. The people of Tzipori declared a fast, but rain still did not fall (such a thing is supposed to surprise and disappoint us; spiritual solutions are not supposed to fail). Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi declared a fast in the south, and rain fell there. The people of Tzipori then said that Rabbi Yehoshua brought rain for his people in the south, but Rabbi Chanina was holding back rain from his people in Tzipori.


	The next time they needed to fast for a drought, Rabbi Chanina sent for Rabbi Yehoshua and asked him to join them in the fast. They went out together, and still the rain did not come. Rabbi Chanina then told the people the following:


	“Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi does not bring rain for the people of the south, and Rabbi Chanina does not stop the rain from the people of Tzipori. Rather, the people of the south have soft hearts; they hear words of Torah and are humbled. The people of Tzipori have hardened hearts; they hear words of Torah and are not humbled.”


	In spite of this harsh rebuke, Rabbi Chanina then prayed for the people and brought rain, though he subsequently regretted it and vowed never to do so again if they were not worthy.


	Rabbi Ze'ura also said in the name of Rabbi Chanina: “What can gedolim of the generation do, being that the public is judged only according to the majority?” This is derived from the fact that Hashem didn't speak with Moshe all thirty-eight years that He was angry at the Jews in the desert.


	Rabbi Yaacov bar Idi then said in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi the very same thing, except he derived it from the fact that Eliyahu was only answered on Mount Carmel in the merit of the people.


	It is clear from here that gedolim have tremendous power to intercede on behalf of the people, to protect their surroundings in their merits, and to bear a greater share of the collective suffering. At the same time, however, their ability to protect society is limited by the overall spiritual health of the society. There are no freebies or government bailouts, nor can gedolim carry away people's sins. If a society is full of immoral people with hardened hearts, who do not submit to the Torah, there is nothing a gadol can do for them. A gadol can only assist individuals and societies that are worthy vessels to receive blessings.


	So yes, it matters a great deal that we do not have gedolim. As the same time, we should not be overly dependent on gedolim to carry our weight. A gadol is a shepherd to guide us, not a substitute for the work we are supposed to do. He puts more merits into the collective pot, but we must contribute our share as well. Ultimately, it is the overall standing of the society that makes the greatest difference.


	Each of us has the ability and the responsibility to increase our merits and do more for those around us. Each of us has the ability to make massive contributions to the our joint account, and move the spiritual needle accordingly.


	So yes, we should pray for Hashem to restore shepherds to us. In the meantime, however, we should not despair for lack of gedolim.


	In a place where there are no great people, strive to be great.


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

No Great Men of Torah to Lead Us

I have bad news and good news.


	The bad news is that we are living in a dor yasom, an orphan generation that is bereft of gedolim (great men of Torah and

The Gemara* in Sanhedrin 74A discusses the situations in which a Jew must martyr himself rather than violate the Torah. Under ordinary circumstances, most mitzvos are temporarily pushed aside to save a life. There are three notable exceptions: idolatry, sexual immorality, and murder. These are hills to die on.


	The Gemara provides scriptural sources for the obligation to martyr oneself rather than commit idolatry or sexual immorality. The Gemara then asks how we know the same obligation applies when it comes to murder. The answer is as follows:


	It is logical. A man came before Rabba and said to him, “The master of my village said to me 'Go kill a certain man, and if not, I will kill you.'” [Rabba] said to him, “They should kill you, but don't murder. Who says that your blood is more red than his blood? Maybe the blood of that man is more red.”


	Rashi elaborates that if it is inevitable that a life will be lost, the general allowance to transgress a mitzvah to save a life no longer applies. After all, who can possibly know that his life is more precious to his Creator than the life of his fellow? Therefore, the word of God not to murder cannot be pushed aside in order to save a different life.


	This fundamental Gemara, with its irrefutable logic, obliterates pretty much the entire moral foundations of modern science and modern medicine. The Torah's objective morality – which is the only morality that doesn't inevitably <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id%3D269&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649603347972000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0dtL5VOikWgU-ibR581cVQ" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=269" target="_blank">lead to tyranny</a> – is predicated on the fundamental truth that God created the world and is the Master of all life. That simple fact alone makes it inconceivable for one man to take the life of another to save his own. There is nothing to discuss, no calculations to be made. We don't get to decide that our blood is more red than the next person's, no matter what – and vice versa.


	Today we have an entire field called “medical ethics”, which tends to be little more than a sanitized term for eugenics. After all, the people who refer to themselves as medical ethicists (based on what?) exist primarily to rationalize medical experimentation, killing those deemed unfit to continue living, and other horrors for the presumed benefit to society and even the victims themselves.


	This is a page straight out of <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id%3D150&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649603347972000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3-8iIek9htIAZmIhhj0IeB" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=150" target="_blank">Amalek's book</a> – casting doubt on God's basic truth, eroding people's morality with “practical considerations”, normalizing deviant behavior, corrupting society, and creating an army of monsters who commit atrocities. It always seems benign in the beginning, with cheerful catchphrases and lofty promises, and it always brings nothing but ruin in the end.


	This sinister ideology of medical ethics, with its heretical foundation of calculating whose blood is more red, has infiltrated the Jewish people as well. We have people who call themselves rabbis and also call themselves ethicists. This is a contradiction in terms. Rabbis, like all Jews, are supposed to base their decisions only on the Torah and Jewish law. The understanding and application of these to specific cases might vary within certain inviolable boundaries, but there is no separate field of “ethics” to decide “moral dilemmas”.


	In Judaism there is no such thing as an ethicist. There is no such thing as “moral values”. These are secular concepts. Judaism has the Torah and Jewish law, period.


	This is not a matter of mere semantics, but a critical point. Because our rabbinic establishment, organizations, and media have been deeply corrupted, the notion of harming one person to save another has become normalized within the Jewish people. The Erev Rav among us – and there are a lot of them – have normalized the notion of calculating whose life is more valuable, whose blood is more red.


	In recent times they told us we must do all of the following that directly and definitely destroy lives for the speculative hope of lessening the spread of an illness, bad as it might potentially be.

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			We must close shuls and Jewish schools – a spiritual death sentence for countless adults and children.
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			We must place everyone under house arrest, devastate small businesses, and cease the normal functioning of society – a slow-acting death sentence for many people, in many ways.
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			We must wear masks, which can harm us physically and otherwise in numerous ways.
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			We must be injected with potentially lethal pharmaceutical products, even if it maims or kills us, because it's for the good of society.
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			We must force people to take these shots against their will, even if it maims or kills them, for the same reason. This is the definition of human sacrifice.
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			We should force perfectly healthy children to be injected with potentially lethal pharmaceutical products – starting from birth – because the ethicists crunched the numbers and decided it's for the greater good.
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			We should force children who are at essentially no risk from an illness to be given potentially lethal injections because theoretically it might reduce the chance of other people getting sick. This is the definition of child sacrifice.
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			Dissenters should be demonized and have their lives destroyed. Their blood is definitely less red than everyone else's.
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	This is nothing short of normalizing murder, even mass murder. Rabbis who claim that any of this is in accordance with the Torah are frauds, irrespective of their scholarship, and have betrayed the Jewish people.


	The Torah is very clear and consistent about this. As every life is unique and belongs to God, we are not allowed to actively endanger a life – even our own – to save another. We are allowed to rescue people from danger, even if this means assuming some personal risk, but this does not translate to the imposition of medical decrees.


	Two people are in the wilderness and one of them has a flask of water. If he shares it with his companion, both will die. If he keeps it for himself, he will make it to civilization. The “ethical” suggestion is for him to share the water, but the Jewish law is that his own life comes first (Bava Metzia 62A). We do not sacrifice our life to save another, whether by giving up water or by taking a shot.


	A group of Jews is given an ultimatum: surrender one person to be executed, or all of them will be killed. To the ethicist, this is a no-brainer. Of course they should sacrifice one to save the others. They should sacrifice as many as necessary to save even one!


	But the Jewish law is different. Unless the attackers specify a particular individual by name, which complicates matters, we do not turn over a Jew to be executed in order to save the others (Terumos Chapter 8 Halacha 4, Rambam Yesodei HaTorah 5:5, Rema Yoreh De'ah 157:1).


	The nations of the world offer Israel <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id%3D69&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649603347972000&amp;usg=AOvVaw075SU11H1kYTxuAUUv42yV" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=69" target="_blank">a trillion dollars to executea single Jew</a>. The ethicist would say to sacrifice an elderly person, a sick person on the verge of death, a child born with severe medical problems. Or even a perfectly healthy one! Imagine all the good that could be done with a trillion dollars, all the lives that could be saved!


	The Torah says no. Each human life is unique, infinite, and belongs to God. We don't make these calculations.


	All of Israel's enemies offer permanent peace – and they really mean it. All Israel has to do is sacrifice a single Jew. One more for the road, that's it, and peace forever. No more terrorism. No more wars. Iran will destroy its nuclear program. The ethicist would tear the Jew to shreds with his bare hands, but the Torah says no.


	The ethicist would argue that we should harvest the organs of one perfectly healthy person to benefit numerous recipients. The Torah says this is an atrocity.


	The ethicist says we should murder babies to advance science and medicine. The Torah says this is horrific.


	So when the same ethicist demands that we inject everyone with their junk, knowing that it will harm some people, to potentially benefit others, the answer is clear – even if they come dressed as rabbis and shriek about saving lives.


	Who says the blood of those you save is more red than the blood of those you kill? Who says these lives are more precious to God than those? 
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	* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemara">The Gemara</a> is a collection of scholarly discussions on Jewish law dating from around 200 to 500AD.


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

'Medical Ethics' and Casting Doubt on God's Basic Truth

The Gemara* in Sanhedrin 74A discusses the situations in which a Jew must martyr himself rather than violate the Torah. Under ordinary circumstances, most

The brilliant Nazi-era system of segregating society based on health papers has once again become all the rage. Better yet, modern technology has made it possible to segregate people using digital codes, just like your supermarket organizes products. No need for all that paper anymore! Not only is digital tracking a more efficient way to control people and destroy the world, it's much greener, too.


	Of course, our inclusive society in which everyone immediately draws the same conclusions about everything, and behaves exactly as the caring elites who control information expect them to, has to pretend to respect people with traditional religious beliefs. This is why the caring elites made sure to carve out religious exemptions when they robbed everyone of their basic human freedoms.


	If your sincere religious beliefs prohibit you from taking their bioweapons, no problem! They will find another way to cull you from the herd. No shortage of those in their toolkit! In the meantime, you will be allowed to keep your job or continue to attend the indoctrination center of your choice. All you need to do is stand before an inquisition and prove that your religious beliefs are both valid and sincere. Piece of cake!


	In order to ensure that no one games the system, the inquisition will treat you with skepticism and thinly veiled hostility. Your religious beliefs will be considered invalid and insincere until proven otherwise – guilty until proven innocent.


	But don't worry! It's easy to prove that your religious beliefs are valid if they really are. A committee of Orwellian atheists will judge that your beliefs are valid if they are corroborated by a select group of religious organizations whose leaders are on the take. These organizations have conveniently ruled that your religion demands that you do whatever the Orwellian atheists want you to do, so if you claim otherwise your religious beliefs are obviously invalid.


	It will also be easy to determine whether your religious beliefs are sincere. If you have ever in your life strayed even slightly from the most strict adherence to your religious teachings, your beliefs are obviously insincere, and you're just trying to game the system. Shame on you!


	Furthermore, if you ever once followed the Orwellian atheists about anything – such as availing yourself of their previous, less advanced bioweapons – you can't opt out now and use religion as a crutch. Your newfound realizations about bioweapons present and past, and your desire not to be harmed by them, are nothing more than personal opinions. Our inclusive society doesn't respect personal opinions. What are you, selfish? You want to live? What about other people? This is a democracy! We have unelected elites to make these decisions.


	The best part about standing before this inquisition and begging them to recognize your religious beliefs is that they don't have any sincere beliefs at all! They have lots of strong opinions, but almost none of them are older than the propaganda campaign that gave birth to them. It's delicious!


	Since when did they believe that people should be forced to take shots, be segregated based on health papers, and stand before inquisitions? Since they were told to!


	Since when did they believe that children should be indoctrinated about sex, against the wishes of their own parents? Since when did they believe children should be encouraged both subtly and overtly to doubt their actual sex and mutilate their bodies? All their lives? Ha! Only for the last few months. But you better believe they are sincere about it.


	Since when did they believe whatever they think they believe about Russia and Ukraine, or inflation, or you name it? Since the latest headline.


	You, on the other hand – if you ever unwittingly took a vaccine because you just didn't know any better, you've signed up for a lifetime subscription. Don't play the religious beliefs card now, you hypocritical fraud.


	We can all agree that the Nazis were evil, but we have to give credit where credit is due. They had some brilliant ideas. Like health papers! And segregating society! And controlling the narrative to prevent misinformation! And making it a crime to express unacceptable views! And making it a crime to spread distrust of the government or health authorities! And encouraging everyone to follow orders! And culling lots and lots of bad, dirty, dangerous, disease-spreading vermin from the herd to protect society!


	We just need to tweak those Nazi innovations. Maybe what they really needed back then was religious exemptions. Imagine if people with valid, sincere religious beliefs could have opted out of health papers, yellow stars, banishment from society, forced ghettoization, medical experiments, internment camps, and execution. Unless they posed a threat to the greater good, of course.


	That would have changed everything.


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

Judged by Those Who Believe In Nothing

The brilliant Nazi-era system of segregating society based on health papers has once again become all the rage. Better yet, modern technology has made it

In September of 2020 I published an article called <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id%3D213&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1648541054414000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0KxH1C0olxh2CubEqy0xek" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=213" target="_blank">The Best Shadchanim Go to Hell</a>. The springboard for this article was the last Mishna in Kiddushin, which contains a remarkable comment by Rabbi Yehuda in the name of Abba Gurya: “The best of the doctors will go to hell.”


	This was a few weeks before I fully understood that hospitals had been converted into death camps, and those charged with protecting our health were moonlighting as executioners. In light of all we have learned, let us revisit this prescient teaching from Chazal and apply it to our times.


	Once again, here are ten explanations from our commentators for why the best doctors go to hell. It is a partial list.


	1) He is overconfident in his ability to prevent illness through his knowledge of nutrition and science, and does not humble himself before God. (Rashi)


	In other words, many doctors have a God complex. They do not view themselves as intermediaries for God's healing, but substitutes, and superior ones at that. This, despite the fact that much of what they refer to as “the science” today will be a punchline tomorrow. It is certain that they are wrong about many things they believe are “proven facts” – just like their predecessors – but they pretend otherwise. Not only that, they insist we indulge their arrogant fantasy at risk of our health and very lives.


	2) Sometimes he kills people through carelessness. (Rashi)


	If only they left it at that! Even in better times, medical malpractice was one of the leading causes of death – and that's only counting the cases they didn't manage to cover up. Nevertheless, people live in terror of cancer and heart disease, yet have no compunctions about running to a doctor for everything and giving him their blind trust.


	Before covid and the shots we could generally chalk up those misdiagnoses, wrongful prescriptions, and operational disasters to human error. It doesn't make the result any better, but at least there was no malice involved.


	Nowadays, however, we know that the vast majority of reported “covid deaths” were really medical murders. Sick people were denied proper treatments, residents of nursing homes and other vulnerable people were deliberately harmed, and even perfectly healthy people were declared “covid patients” and whisked off to be drugged, ventilated, and starved. Hell is not hot enough for everyone who perpetrated these horrific crimes.


	3) He does not treat the poor. (Rashi)


	Nowadays poor people can get medical care some of the time, but it's still all about the money. When it comes to public healthcare (a misnomer if ever there was one), treatment isn't based so much on what individual patients can pay, but on the overall bottom line. Most of all, if their sugar daddies in government and the pharmaceutical industry are bribing them to prescribe a certain treatment over others, that's the treatment people will receive – even if it kills them.


	4) Sometimes he gives up on people's lives too soon and does not bother to treat them, thereby causing their death. (Meiri)


	Once again, if only this happened today through ignorance and not by design. If only they were merely giving up on people's lives out of despair, and not directly causing their deaths for cash rewards.


	5) Sometimes he does not try hard enough for a patient. (Meiri)


	A doctor who cares about a patient will leave no stone unturned even if the case appears hopeless. Many doctors today refuse to look under any stones at all. They simply follow orders. If Remdesiver and ventilators were turning mildly sick people into cadavers, a good doctor would raise the alarm and search for a better alternative. But most simply shrugged their shoulders.


	6) He does not admit when he doesn't understand an illness and pretends to have expertise when he does not. (Meiri)


	What does your doctor really know about covid, various treatments, the dubiously called “vaccines”, and vaccines in general? Most likely he will parrot the official line, but has no actual knowledge and understanding of the subjects. How could he? He never really studied them. Just as a Torah scholar cannot speak intelligently about a volume he never learned, a doctor only knows what he actually learned.


	The typical doctor who speaks authoritatively about covid and vaccines, while dismissing others as inadequate, learned nothing about the science and history of vaccines during his medical training. The pharmaceutical oligarchy informed him that vaccines are just terrific and handed him a schedule for vaccination.


	In other words, the typical doctor was given a book of recipes and thinks he knows how to cook.


	7) He thinks he is superior to everyone and does not consult with others for advice. (Maharsha)


	Offer to show your mask-wearing, crapcine-pushing doctor information that could potentially save many lives, though it would involve modifying his beliefs. I'm sure he will be curious, interested, and most appreciative – whether you're a layman or have the finest credentials.&nbsp; Find me one such doctor.


	8) He is engaged in matters of life and death, yet does not always appreciate the gravity of the situation. (Tiferes Yisrael)


	The typical doctor today views a patient with less gravity than an auto mechanic views a car under repair. Especially if the patient is elderly, or a baby with a serious medical issue, or is otherwise not “valuable” enough.


	9) Doctors are indiscriminate in their treatments; what heals one person will kill another, and treating everyone the same way is tantamount to malpractice. (Ramban)


	Vaccines for everyone! Follow the data!


	10) A doctor who is not also knowledgeable in God's Torah will see his practice as just a job, strictly a physical and material occupation with no higher purpose. (Maharal)


	Human beings have been turned into numbers, statistics, test subjects, merchandise, cogs in a wheel that the rich and powerful control. Doctors too are just cogs in this wheel – slightly less expendable than their patients, but cogs just the same. Their main credo is not "do no harm", and certainly not to have a higher purpose, but to follow orders.


	If something bothers them, they had best keep it to themselves, and if they see something disturbing, they had best look away. It's for the greater good, and most definitely for the good of their careers.


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	Chazal's teaching that the best doctors go to hell has surely raised the ire of many people over the years. Doctors save lives! They dedicate themselves to keeping us healthy! Modern science is a gift from God!


	The divine wisdom of the Torah, as transmitted by our sages, has weathered countless attacks from the day it was given, and remains unsurpassed by scientist and philosopher alike. The events of the last two years demonstrate that what Chazal said about doctors thousands of years ago was not a social commentary or a primitive viewpoint, but timeless truth.


	The “best” doctors, the “experts” who seek to displace God instead of humbling themselves before Him, are surely destined for hell. No punishment on this earth is enough for all the suffering they have inflicted on mankind in the name of protecting it.


	Let the truly heroic doctors be given the recognition they deserve, and may the “best” doctors go to hell.

When the Best Doctors Go to Hell

In September of 2020 I published an article called The Best Shadchanim Go to Hell. The springboard for this article was the last Mishna in Kiddushin, which

The wicked technocrats of today believe they are more “evolved” than everyone else, particularly those who believe in God. They imagine a world in which they control literally everything – the creation of life, our thoughts and behaviors, even the weather – but without the moral restraints that God demands of us. They are not content merely to flout God's commandments. They want to put God out of business.


	Not only are these people – Schwab, Gates, Soros, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rumble.com/vthdl6-the-evil-transhumanism-agenda-of-klaus-schwab-and-doctor-yuval-noah-harari.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1647762799145000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3PAWz8k9hg0sb70AzjQuTS" href="https://rumble.com/vthdl6-the-evil-transhumanism-agenda-of-klaus-schwab-and-doctor-yuval-noah-harari.html" target="_blank">Harari</a>, and their demonic ilk around the world – anything but evolved, there is nothing innovative about them. They are spiritual retreads of the lowest of lowlifes who tried the same stunt thousands of years ago. Chazal told us all about them and foretold the modern incarnation.


	The following quotes are from the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A9_%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90_%D7%A0%D7%97_%D7%99%D7%97&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1647762799145000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Z01Xn1EnEIP_RRtQgObjf" href="https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/מדרש_תנחומא_נח_יח" target="_blank">Midrash Tanchuma 58:18</a>, in reference to the tower of Bavel.


	נחמן בנו של רבי שמואל בר נחמני אמר למה הדבר דומה לצנצנת מליאה חגבים עלה הראשון ונפל עלה השני ונפל והשלישי ונפל שלישי לא למד מן השני השני לא למד מן הראשון


	Nachman the son of Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said, this can be compared to a jar full of grasshoppers. The first one went up and fell, the second one went up and fell, and the third [went up] and fell. The third didn't learn from the second, and the second didn't learn from the first.


	The Midrash relates this to the generation that built the tower. They too failed to learn from their predecessors who rebelled against God. The generation of Enosh was the first to serve idolatry, and God brought a flood upon one third of the world. The generation of Noach wanted to rid God from their midst, and God wiped them out.


	אמרו לא כל הימנו שיבור לו העליונים ויתן לנו התחתונים נעלה לרקיע ונכהו בקרדומות, ונחלקו לג' כתות אחת אומרת נעלה ונשב שם וא' אומרת נעשה עמו מלחמה, וא' אומרת נעלה ונעבוד שם עבודת כוכבים ומזלות


	They said, it is not right that He should select the upper world for Himself and give us the lower world. Let us go up to the sky and strike Him with axes. They split into three groups. One said “Let us go up and live there.” One said “Let us wage war against Him.” And one said “Let us go up and we will serve idolatry there.”


	The notion of building a tower to climb to the heavens and attack God is ludicrous, but it is unlikely that this was their literal intention. After all, they could have gotten a head start by building the tower atop a mountain instead of the lowlands of Bavel. These people were extremely foolish – they should have learned from history – but they were not stupid.


	While they were all united in their rebellion against God, they had different motives. Some of them simply wanted to be “free” from God and His rules. Some of them actually wanted to take God's place.


	Essentially, they planned to create a New World Order.


	רבי איבו בשם רבי יוסי הגלילי אומר בשלשה מקומות חלקו באי עולם על הקדוש ב"ה, אחת כאן, ואחת בימי יהושע שנאמר (יהושע, ט) ויקבצו יחדיו להלחם עם יהושע ועם ישראל פה אחד, ואחת בימי גוג ומגוג שנאמר (תהלים, ב) יתיצבו מלכי ארץ ורוזנים נוסדו יחד על יהוה ועל משיחו


	Rabbi Ayvo said in the name of Rabbi Yosi HaGalili, in three places the inhabitants of the world split against the Holy One, blessed is He. Once here, once in the days of Yehoshua, as it says (Yehoshua 9) “And they gathered together to wage war with Yehoshua and with Israel with one mouth”, and once in the days of Gog and Magog, as it says (Tehillim 2) “Kings of the earth and officers plot together against God and His anointed one.”


	The Midrashic teaching began by comparing these people to grasshoppers in a jar. This analogy is most apt. These blasphemous technocrats with their delusions of grandeur believe they can jump to the heavens, but God is toying with them. The grasshoppers cannot jump any higher than God allows them, and the technocrats cannot take God's place. They have no power.


	Tehillim 33:10 states: ה' הפיר עצת גוים הניא מחשבות עמים


	God abrogates the plans of the nations, He nullifies the thoughts of the people.


	Radak comments: Even if all the nations are with one plan and in one agreement, God will nullify their plan, as it says (Yeshaya 40:17), “All the nations are nothing against Him.”


	We are witnessing the fulfillment of this prophetic teaching in our time. The only new world order that will take place is the Messianic redemption and the destruction of those who are waging war against God. If the technocrats were really so smart, they would learn from those who came before them, and heed the prophetic warnings that foretell their impending defeat. They cannot win against God, yet still they jump against the walls of the jar.


	It will be spectacular to watch them fall. May it be soon.

Grasshoppers Against God

The wicked technocrats of today believe they are more “evolved” than everyone else, particularly those who believe in God. They imagine a world in which they

Officially there are close to seven million Jews in Israel. Nearly one million of them poured into Bnei Brak to attend the funeral of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, and most of the rest probably feel some measure of guilt that they didn't.


	Think about that. It's staggering.


	There is not a single rock star, movie star, professional athlete, or other celebrity on the planet whose loss would be felt by such a high percentage of ordinary people. They have tens of millions of “followers” who idolize them, but that's the thing – they are idols, not the real deal. Idols are a dime a dozen and are easily replaced when they fade from glory or pass from this world.


	Even during their lifetimes, they have short a period of greatness during their prime years, after which they coast on the fame they achieved. If they pass away in their nineties, very few people outside of historians will be moved by their death. After all, it will have been many decades since they were relevant. The longer a secular celebrity lives, the fewer people will care when he dies. His true death occurs when a younger star eclipses him, and his physical passing is a mere technicality.


	Rav Chaim Kanievsky was 94 years old. He was not eclipsed by younger rabbis. If a Jew studies in his entire life what Rav Kanievsky studied in a single year, he will be considered a great scholar.


	Torah scholars do not retire after a few years of greatness and then rest on their laurels. They continue to learn and grow, making the most of every precious moment until their very last. Even if physical frailty prevents them from public activities – even if they can barely speak – they remain relevant just as they were decades earlier in their physical primes. Probably more.


	This is why a million Jews went to the funeral of an elderly sage. They understand that a Torah sage cannot be replaced. They understand that Rav Kanievksy achieved a level of Torah greatness that is simply unfathomable to ordinary people. They understand that everything there is to know about everything is contained in the Torah, and Rav Kanievsky absorbed about as much of this divine wisdom as is humanly possible in our time.


	However much or little Torah the average Jew knows, they understand that this is what it's all about. That's why Israel stopped. Despite the viciously anti-Torah ruling class, the ongoing assaults against authentic Judaism, the sanctity of the Jewish family, and God as our King, Israel stopped for an elderly Torah sage like it would stop for no one else.


	Can you imagine a million people out of seven million attending the funeral of any military or political leader, past or present? They are fortunate if so many people aren't glad to be rid of them, let alone mourn their passing. They are fortunate if people care at all.


	No world leader will ever know honor like this. In some countries they force people to attend funerals and pretend to mourn. That isn't honor; it's the biggest disgrace. These “mighty rulers” are pathetic. An old man with no official position, who lived in a simple apartment, had no worldly pursuits, and devoted his life to Torah study earned the respect of the masses. No guns required.


	A moment like this is a rare teaching opportunity for the world. Most people spend their lives chasing money, fame, power, material rewards. They dream of greatness, but they don't know what greatness really is. They want to be rich and famous, but rich and famous people are almost universally miserable. The more they stuff themselves, the more empty they feel, the more they need just to feel momentary satisfaction.


	Celebrities have many fans and followers, but the masses loathe them even as they envy them. When a celebrity has a downfall, as they so often do, the masses cannot kick them fast enough. It isn't the person they love – it is the money and fame. Shallow people idolizing other shallow people who have more shallow things.


	The passing of Rav Kanievsky is a reminder to the world what real greatness is. Greatness isn't found on big screens, big stages, or social media. It doesn't conform to the latest trends or concern itself with the faux morality of the day. It doesn't seek attention or approval.


	Greatness is studying Torah, teaching Torah, living a life that is guided by the Torah. Greatness is seeing every moment as an opportunity to get closer to God, impart wisdom, blessings, and assistance to others, and hasten the redemption.


	We can't all live an ascetic lifestyle completely devoted to Torah study. But we can recognize that true greatness is there, aspire to it, and do a little better.

Rav Chaim Kanievsky: True Greatness

Officially there are close to seven million Jews in Israel. Nearly one million of them poured into Bnei Brak to attend the funeral of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, and

As a public service, I present this letter as a template for the many people who need to repent for their COVID-related sins. We cannot just move on and pretend this never happened. Those who harmed others are obligated to repent and those who were harmed deserve proper amends. Every individual is encouraged to customize and personalize this letter as appropriate. 
	 
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	Dear ______________


	I owe you a tremendous apology. It would be easy for me to blame other people, but ultimately I am responsible for my actions.


	The Torah teaches that repentance requires three components: confession, regret, and a resolution to change. The Torah also teaches that when one sins against his fellow, God will not forgive him until he makes amends to the person he harmed. I am sending you this letter as the first step of my repentance.


	I am deeply sorry for having done the following (select all that apply):

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			Pressuring you to wear a mask
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			Pressuring you to take one or more injections of the bioweapon
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			Dismissing your concerns
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			Mocking you
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			Administering the shot to you
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			Dismissing or downplaying the damage you suffered
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			Treating you like a social outcast or a spreader of disease
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			Cutting you out of my life
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			Verbally abusing you
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			Physically assaulting you
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			Shaming you in public
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			Shaming you online
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			Blaming you for the situation
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			Calling you a murderer
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			Snitching on you
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			Refusing to give you service
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			Barring you from a minyan
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			Depriving you of livelihood
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			Depriving you of education without discrimination
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			Depriving you of participating in other social, communal, or public activities
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			Lying to you or otherwise withholding the scientific truth about masks, the shots, etc.
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			Lying to you or otherwise withholding the truth about the Torah's true position on these matters
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			Physically and/or emotionally abusing your children in any of these ways
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			Accepting bribery in any form to participate in these crimes
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	I should have known better. I should have been more courageous.


	I cannot undo the past, and it might be impossible for me to fully rectify the damage I caused. However, even the worst sinners are encouraged and obligated to repent, and to make amends however possible. I accept this upon myself.


	I also accept upon myself not to repeat this behavior in the future. This includes working to rectify the underlying character defects that caused me to be misled and sin in these ways.


	I beg of you to accept my apology and find it in your heart to forgive me.


	Sincerely,

COVID Apology Letter

As a public service, I present this letter as a template for the many people who need to repent for their COVID-related sins. We cannot just move on and

You know those articles from financial planners with their sage advice for people who want to get out of debt, increase their savings, or plan for retirement? Inevitably it boils down to two brilliant tips: Spend less. Earn more.


	That's right, folks, if you want to have more money tomorrow than you have today, you will need to bring in more than you spend. There's just no other way.


	The financial experts present this information as if it is a revelation, a deep cosmic secret that they achieved after years of study and professional experience. They write columns and books, they run seminars for those who are smart enough, motivated enough, READY to learn their secret to wealth. The teaser is free, but if you want to know the secret you'll have to pay handsomely for it, which is ironic.


	(I understand that many people need help with overcoming bad spending habits or otherwise getting on their feet. I'm not making fun of people who need help or those who provide it, just the way “experts” rename, repackage, and complicate basic information to make themselves sound smarter.)


	I bring this up because the same brilliant formula applies to “managing” the world's population. We are increasingly warned that there are too many people in the world. The situation is quickly spiraling out of control. The planet is overpopulated! If very rich and powerful people that no one elected to be in charge of the world don't do something about it, we will soon run out of food, water, air, and other essential resources.


	They insist that this is true. Since they are rich and powerful, and they can pay for all kinds of studies and charts and graphs to support them, and politicians and media companies to repeat their message constantly, we must believe them.


	Well, if there are too many people and not enough resources, we can do one of two things: increase the resources, or decrease the number of people. If there is not enough food, for example, we can either grow more food, or eliminate some people.


	The rich and powerful people have uniformly decided on the latter.


	Then, to make sure we never have this problem again, we can prevent the survivors of this planetary purge from reproducing in large numbers.


	If we just let things run their course, at some point we would presumably run out of food and then some people would die. That would be most unpleasant. To prevent this from happening, we can be proactive and eliminate large numbers of people up front.


	If we're already going to manage the situation, we might as well eliminate the most undesirable inhabitants of the world, those who are consuming far more of our precious resources than they are worth. This includes the elderly (the unentitled ones), the sick, the poor, people with dark skin, religious people (they tend to be against culling the population), people who want to have many children (they tend to be religious), and those who are too selfish to allow the rich and powerful to control everything for the greater good.


	Of course, this is only a stopgap measure. We need long-term planning to ensure we never have too many people. To this end, for generations the rich and powerful have been promoting various “solutions” to the existential threat of too many people occupying their planet. What they all have in common is preventing children from being born. It's for everyone's good, including the children!


	Their war against children is rebranded in sterile terms (pun intended), which often mean the exact opposite of what they are actually doing. Preventing women from becoming pregnant at all is promoted as “birth control”. Encouraging women to murder their unborn children is promoted as “reproductive rights”. Death camps for unborn children are run by “Planned Parenthood”. Planned unparenthood, you mean.


	The murder of unborn children is referred to as “abortion”, which is so much more polite. Women are urged to murder their children to promote “female empowerment” and “women's rights”, by performing the least womanly act imaginable, the greatest abuse of power, the most horrific violation of another human being's rights.


	To make this even more palatable, the rich and powerful have assured them that this child inside them, this miracle of God's creation, their own progeny, is really none of these things. It is just a clump of cells (unlike the rich and powerful). It is worth more dead than alive, for living babies cost money, and dead babies can be sold.


	Relax, it isn't even alive at all, they assure the nervous mother who feels the life inside her. They can change the meaning of a word to solve any problem! The clump of cells isn't really alive until it emerges and can live on its own, they declare. In reality, it isn't dead until they kill it, but we can't concern ourselves with reality when we are running out of food.


	The rich and powerful have been aggressively “educating” people to have smaller families, and would love to outlaw having more than one or two children. If people aren't convinced by the “education” to stop having children, we'll just have to force them (reproductive rights, indeed). Who isn't excited about the government controlling how many children people have? Especially dark-skinned people; it's for their own good. And poor people; it's inhumane for them to have children. And religious people; they don't care about the world like the rich and powerful atheists do. And people with imperfect genes; we need to weed them out. Heil you-know-who!


	Funny how these same rich and powerful atheists who believe there are too many people in the world, and we have to prevent children from being born, really, really, REALLY want everyone to take lots of injections of interesting things so that we can all be healthy, live longer, and have more children. They are obsessed with educating us about how important this is, and having the government force us if we still don't see the light. You would have to be crazy not to be excited.


	You have to give the rich and powerful atheists some credit. All that “education” has really paid off. Even religious people have bought into much of it. They encourage their children to “delay marriage”, further delay having children, and to use “birth control” to prevent having “too many”. After all, we all love children, but children are burdensome and expensive, and pose the greatest threat to humanity's continued existence. We have to be practical on the micro level, like the rich atheists are on the macro level.


	Religious women in particular have increasingly embraced this message. They have come to view marriage and motherhood not as the essence of womanhood, but just another item on a to-do list – and nowhere near the top. They need to achieve “fulfillment” (in ways that would have been anathema to our matriarchs) and “independence” (which is code for not needing a man or being devoted to one). This requires ongoing formal education deep into adulthood, followed by climbing the ladder in the corporate world – at least until the twilight of their childbearing years. After achieving these priorities, they will consider getting married and/or becoming a mother (no father necessary).


	If they regret putting other things first, they can't have a do-over. Marriage opportunities will be more limited, and lost years are gone forever.


	What does the Torah say about all this? God's first instruction to the human race is to be fruitful and multiply, to fill up the earth (Bereishis 1:28). Nowhere does the Torah indicate concern with filling up the earth causing insufficient resources. After all, it is God's role to provide for the life He sends into this world, and God is infinite. The world will never run out of essential resources merely by virtue of human procreation. We are not even allowed to worry about such things; it is blasphemous.


	No wonder those who don't believe in God, who wish to control the world instead of Him, promote such blasphemy.


	The notion that we must “control” the world's population by murdering people, sterilizing them, and preventing children from being born was always so preposterous that Chazal had little need to discuss it. The “enlightened” notion of worldwide genocide, sanitized as “depopulation”, to save humanity and the planet, seems to be a relatively modern achievement, a new low of moral depravity.


	There is, however, one source that is especially relevant. The Chovos Halevavos (Duties of the Heart) was written by Rabbeinu Bachye nearly a thousand years ago. In the section on Cheshbon Hanefesh (taking stock of one's soul), chapter three, he presents a list of thirty points for consideration. In the final note he writes as follows:

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		After you go out to this world, no person can bring your sustenance to you without God's assistance on your behalf, nor add to your body or take away from it. If only you realized that if the world were entirely for you alone, without any inhabitants, this wouldn't increase the amount of food ultimately coming to you like the size of a mustard seed. Similarly, if the number of people in the world doubled, it would not take away from the food that was decreed for you like a mustard seed, not less than this amount or more. 

	
		Similarly, none of the other creations can benefit you or harm you, nor can any of them increase the days or your life or decrease them...
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	Do you think 8 billion people is too many, that continued population growth is “unsustainable”? Blasphemy! If there were 80 billion people or 800 billion people, God would increase the supply of everything we need to accommodate all of them, each with individual attention. Controlling the population, deciding who shall live and who shall die, who shall be born and who shall be hacked to death in the mother's womb, who shall produce children and how many, is not only a war on humanity, but a war on God Himself.


	I have two simple words for these monsters who come dressed as saviors, who claim that many people will need to make “sacrifices” and even be sacrificed for the sake of everyone else.


	You first.


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

'Managing' The World's Population

You know those articles from financial planners with their sage advice for people who want to get out of debt, increase their savings, or plan for retirement?

One of the fundamental issues we face is finding the proper balance between responsible precautions and inappropriate fears, between trust in Hashem and the requirement for human effort.


	Fear is psychologically and physically harmful. Those who live with chronic fear believe they are protecting themselves, but they are actually doing just the opposite. It is no coincidence that people who are glued to screens for “fear of missing out” are the ones who miss out the most. It is no coincidence that those who fear social disapproval the most are the ones who tend to find themselves isolated. And it is no coincidence that those who have become paranoid hypochondriacs, and gone overboard with foolish precautions, are the ones most likely to get sick.


	The Torah teaches us all about this, but those who fail to learn from our teachings will have to learn the hard way. (I have written extensively about these issues. See <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id%3D239&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644361770650000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RHNaXKCqksqGiWp9LSApk" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=239" target="_blank">Herd Insanity</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id%3D262&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644361770650000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2izrljl_ER2sOHuM4z2ilt" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=262" target="_blank">On Fear and Faith</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id%3D295&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644361770650000&amp;usg=AOvVaw16VyVTyJm2NBfRJc5Wdtt2" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=295" target="_blank">A Practical Guide to Human Effort and Trust in God</a>, and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id%3D298&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644361770650000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3C3yQq3uJEhyAoZFPiTeBV" href="https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=298" target="_blank">Fear Kills</a>.)


	The Ramchal sums it up beautifully in <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%98&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644361770650000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LsgbByYJb3gJc_X2zZyd4" href="https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/מסילת_ישרים_ט" target="_blank">Mesilas Yesharim Chapter 9</a>, where he is discussing things that detract from the positive trait of zerizus (alacrity to do a mitzvah). I will translate the lengthy passage, emphasize the most pertinent statements, and explain how they apply to our situation – though that should be self-evident.

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		Another thing that detracts from one's alacrity is an abundance of terror and great fear from the times and what might happen. For sometimes he will be afraid of the cold or the heat, and sometimes from getting hurt, and sometimes from illnesses, and sometimes from the wind, and all similar things. This is what Shlomo, peace be upon him, said (Mishlei 26:13): "The lazy person says a lion is in the path, a lion is roaming the streets." 
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	While the irrational fears among the masses right now are not necessarily rooted in laziness, there is no doubt that they are inappropriate according to the Torah, as we shall see. At the very outset the Ramchal equates abundant fear of injury and illness with one who worries that a lion will devour him if he goes outside – an increased chance of danger, to be sure, but in reality nothing more than an excuse to vegetate.

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		Chazal [our sages, of blessed memory] already denigrated this trait and attributed it to sinners, and the Scriptures support them, as it is written (Yeshaya 33:14) "The sinners in Zion are frightened, the flatterers are gripped with trembling", to the extent that one of the great sages said to his student when he saw him in a state of fear (Brachos 60A) "You are a sinner!" But about this it says (Tehillim 37:3) "Trust in Hashem and do good, dwell in the land and sustain yourself with faith."
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	Walking around in a state of fear is evidence that one is a sinner, distant from Hashem. The only fear that serves a productive purpose, outside of ordinary precautions from things like cold and heat, is fear of sin. Other fears serve only to prevent a person from doing that which he should, or to engage in foolish, harmful behaviors to alleviate his fear.

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		The bottom line is that a person must make himself secondary in worldly matters and fixed in divine service. He should be pleased and satisfied in all his worldly affairs with whatever is delivered to him, and take from what comes to his hand. He should be far from rest and close to work and toil, and his heart should be proper, trusting in Hashem. He should not fear from the events of the time and its troubles.
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	There are times of prosperity and times of hardship; there are times of political turmoil, plagues, and even war. One should certainly be cognizant of what is going on around him, but his main focus should always be on his divine service. That is, after all, why he is in this world. One who spends his entire life fretting over every headline and event outside his control has lost sight of his reason for living in the first place.

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		Lest you say that we find that our sages obligated a person at all times to protect himself extremely well, and not to place himself in danger, even if he is righteous and full of good deeds, and they said (Kesubos 30A) “Everything is in the hands of heaven, except for colds and fevers” and it is written in Scriptures (Devarim 4:15) “Guard your souls very much”. We see that one should not exclusively rely on trust in Hashem in all situations. And they said there, even when it comes to doing a mitzvah.
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	“Guard your souls very much” has been used and abused to justify becoming what we used to refer to as paranoid hypochondriacs. There were a million ways a person could get sick and die before we heard of Wuhan, and all of them put together didn't lead people to behave with the extreme paranoia that we see for this illness all by itself. They didn't feel a need to huddle at home, distance themselves from friends and loved ones, block their respiratory airways, become pin cushions for the pharmaceutical industry, support tyranny against dissenters, and make a mitzvah out of forfeiting all the other mitzvos to incrementally decrease one's chance of getting sick (modified later to merely decrease one's chance of getting a "serious case").


	Indeed, we are supposed to dress warmly in the winter and keep cool in the summer. We are supposed to look where we are going so we don't stumble. This is the proper context for the Torah's instruction to protect our lives. There's no mitzvah to act like a crazy fool, nor will someone avoid getting sick by being a crazy fool.

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		Know that there is fear, and there is fear. There is fear that is appropriate, and there is fear that is madness. There is trust in Hashem and there is folly. For the Lord, Blessed is He, made a person possessing proper intelligence and straight reasoning to conduct himself on the good path and protect himself from things that cause harm, which were created to punish the wicked. One who wants to not conduct himself in the ways of wisdom, and to abandon himself to dangers – this is not trust in Hashem, but folly, and he is a sinner in that he is opposing the will of the Creator, bless His name, Who wants man to protect himself. 

	
		It turns out that aside from the danger that is inherent in the matter that he is likely to come upon because of his lack of precaution, in addition he is actively guilty for his own soul with the sin that he did. It turns out that the sin itself brings him to be punished. 

	
		Indeed, this precaution and fear, which is based on wise, intelligent conduct is that which is appropriate, about which it says (Mishlei 22:23) “The clever one saw evil and hid, while the gullible passes through and is punished.”
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	In other words, if someone has an infectious disease – really has it, not “tested positive” with some bogus test – then one should consider keeping his distance. If there is indeed a lion roaming the street, one should take an alternate route. If he throws caution to the wind, he will be responsible for any harm that befalls him.


	But the foolish fear is that where a person wants to add precautions upon precautions, and fear upon fear, and he makes a safeguard to his safeguard in a manner that leads to nullifying the Torah and the divine service.


	Mask upon mask, injection after injection, precaution upon precaution, with every remote fear treated like a clear and present danger, until one is no longer serving Hashem, but serving his fears and those who perpetuate them.

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		The rule to distinguish between these two types of fear is the differentiation that Chazal made when they said (Pesachim 8B) “When harm is likely it is different.” For in a place where harm is clear and present one should take precaution; however, in a place where the harm is not known [only speculative] one should not fear. About such things it says (Chulin 56B) “A defect that we do not see we do not take for granted”, and a sage can only judge based upon what he sees with his eyes. This is precisely what the verse was talking about that we brought above, “The clever one saw evil and hid”; it is only talking about one who hides from evil that he sees, not from that which could theoretically be, that could possibly come. This is literally the subject of the verse that I mentioned above, “The lazy person said there is a lion in the path” etc.
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	So what if that person is not wearing a mask? The possibility of him spreading an illness – the possibility that he is even carrying an illness – is remote and entirely speculative. According to the Torah, one is not allowed to be afraid of such things. Worrying about such things, and taking far-fetched precautions against them, is foolish, harmful, and sinful.

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		And Chazal explained this matter beautifully to show to what extent irrational fears separate a person from good deeds. They said (Devarim Rabba 8:6) “Shlomo said seven things regarding a lazy person. How is this? They said to the lazy person 'Your Rabbi is in the city. Go and learn Torah from him.' He responds to them 'I am afraid from the lion that is in the path.' [They said] 'Your Rabbi is inside the province.' He says to them 'I am afraid that there shouldn't be a lion between the streets.' They say to him 'Behold, he is inside your house.' He says 'If I go by him I will find the door locked.' Check there [for more].

	
		This teaches you that fear doesn't cause one to become lazy, but laziness causes one to become afraid. Daily experience attests to all this, from what is widespread and common among the majority of the masses of people, that this is their foolish way. One who thinks intelligently about the matter will find the real truth, and knowledge will come easily to one with understanding.
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	Similarly, fear is not driving the foolish behavior, but foolishness is causing the fear.


	There is no counter-argument to the Ramchal's words and how they relate to our times. The Torah's position on this matter is clear, consistent, and unequivocal. Those who scoff and dismiss these words are sinning against themselves and others, and will bring harm upon themselves, God forbid.


	Those who think intelligently about the matter – not merely parrot propaganda – will surely find the truth.


	Rabbi Chananya Weissman is the author of hundreds of articles and seven books on a wide range of subjects. He is also the director and producer of a documentary, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2-F-XwTcI">Single Jewish Male</a>, and a series of short films. His work can be found at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://chananyaweissman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHolshTpFAf29JdArlm-1CgOa3-SQ" href="http://chananyaweissman.com" target="_blank">chananyaweissman.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumble.com/c/c-782463&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635310596897000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEECWLb9R6W1C_m27pJKGgm7vC3YA" href="http://rumble.com/c/c-782463" target="_blank">rumble.com/c/c-782463</a>. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:endthemadness@gmail.com" target="_blank">endthemadness@gmail.com</a>.

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