It has become an almost universal custom to call those righteous individuals who have returned to Authentic Judaism  by the name “Ba’alei Tshuva”.

I personally don’t like the term.

First of all, Tshuvah is an ongoing, lifelong process. It only ends when you are dead. It is not something that you do once and then it is behind you.

Dovid HaMelech AH said “My Sins are always before me” even though Dovid HaMelech AH was the ultimate “Baal Tshuvah”.

Second of all there is a slightly negative connotation to the term which is certainly undeserving by those individuals who have progressed so far to come close to Hashem.

So what should they be called?

They shouldn’t be called anything, just regular Authentic Jews.

You see, if someone had the unfortunate “MAZAL” to be brought up in a non-authentic Jewish atmosphere, and has changed his ways and returned to Authentic Judaism, absolutely no-one should ever know about it.

They should never tell anyone that there was a time when they were not authentic Jews.

They should never say “Before I became frum….” or “When I was reform” or “When I was a Reconstructionist” or whatever.

The reason for this is, as it is expressed explicitly in the Gemarah, that someone who publicizes his sins does not receive atonement for them. Rashi ZAL explains because he shows he is not embarrassed about what he has done.

If someone had the unfortunate history of being a pedophile or a  murderer would he say “When I was a pedophile….” etc.?  Not keeping Shabbos is worse than being a pedophile or a murderer, so how could one have the ability to even mention such things? If he does, he is obviously not embarrassed about his past, and is lacking true authentic Torah Ideology.

So if you are a righteous returner to Authentic Judaism, get into a mainstream Torah atmosphere and never, ever, tell anybody about your past.

Do you think that expressing ideas carries responsibility? In other words if somebody writes a book with ideological ideas and then those ideas have an effect on someone causing him to do something wrong, is the initial writer also to blame?

(This is an issue in the non-Torah world. Did you know that bad ideas have wrought more havoc on mankind than the greatest of plagues and disasters. This is a book worth reading: 10 Books That Ruined the World)

However according to the Torah the answer is: Such a person is absolutely liable.

Now of course there is a difference if someone misconstrues a writer’s ideas for his own need. However, if he is simply taking those ideas to their logical extreme, then the writer and/or creator of those ideas will be held totally responsible for the outcome.

When we look back in history and try to contemplate the amount of wickedness that has come to the world because of ideas by authentic impostors of Judaism like Kook and JB, it is without a doubt that the fire of Gehinnom which is burning them gets hotter everyday.

College, Zionism, The Israeli Army, Znus, Obortion, the Rah-Banut, Homosexuality etc. The list goes on and on. All these and many other terrible phenomena all have their roots in the ideology of JB and Kook.

Did you ever pay attention to what we say in the Holy prayer “Al Hanisim” (which is added on the days of Chanukah to the Shmoneh Esrei and Birkas HaMazon) regarding the Greek empire and their culture? It’s worth studying. We call them “Wicked” and “Contaminated”.

Did you know that Western Culture, in its entirety, has its roots in the Greek-Roman culture.

Western Culture and everything about it should be abhorred by every Authentic Jew.

Chanukah is about the miraculous victory of Authentic Judaism over Greek(=Western) culture.

Many, however, have turned the entire essence of Chanukah 180 degrees around. Many think Chanukah is a time to gamble, eat donuts and party. Exactly what the GOYIM due on their holidays.

I vividly remember what GOYISH holidays were like in America. It was dangerous to go out in the street. Drunks were everywhere. Ahah! What holiness!

The anti-Jewish State of Israel does its utmost to defile Jewish Holidays. They call their sport teams by the same names that were used by the Jews in those days to fight and battle the culture which worshiped sport.

(Well we could say that the secular Israelis had what to rely on regarding this one. They had a “Rabbi”, (a wicked, wicked person who called himself “Rabbi Kook”) who said that Zionist football players are “holy”. May his disgusting name be erased forever!)

Our responsibility all year around and especially during the days of Chanukah is to clear our holy Jewish houses of any small element of Goiyshe culture which may exist there. Even more so we must clear our mind of any Goiyeshe ideology as well as the non-authentic Jewish ideas which attempt to imitate it.

Remember we are a Holy people. We pride ourselves in destroying things that are not holy! Lets act in accord to that. Stay tuned…

The Authentic Jewish Mother is a real woman of valor. Her whole life is dedicated to only one central goal: To build a Yiddeshe Shtub based on Authentic Torah principles. This job is a career of 24/7 with no stop. No vacation.

Rabbi Avigdor Miller used to say that an Authentic Jewish Mother must stand by the door like a Moshgiach in a Yeshivah and supervise exactly what type of material enters her holy home. No Chazir and no non-authentic Jewish reading material in her home!

Many Bnei Torah I have talked to in the last few days have rationalized that the only reason they allow the piece of garbage called “MISHPACHA” into their home is because their wives are bored on Shabbos and need something to read….

Sorry, I don’t buy it. I cannot believe that Kosher, Authentic, Jewish mothers are the reason for this absolute stinking piece of feces having a market among Jewish readers. It cannot be true!

Go look at animals, how they become hysterical when their offspring are in any danger. A Jewish mother who sees that one of her daughters is touching something as gross as the MISHPACHA would probably scream at the top of her capable voice: “Don’t touch that, its TREIF!!!!!”

We call on all Authentic Mothers everywhere to stand firm against anyone who’s intentions are to contaminate the holiness of the sacred Jewish home!

(רוב הדברים נלקחו מנוסח קריאת הרבנים לשלוח את העיתון “משפחה” למקום טמא חוץ למחנה ישראל – שעומד להתפרסם בקרוב אי”ה)

It is common knowledge that a very intricate part of Shabbos Kodesh is our preparation for it. Authentic Jewish fathers prepare for Shabbos in a myriad of forms. This is usually based on the level of that father in the knowledge of Torah. Some prepare a shiur on a Rambam to say on the Shabbos table. Some prepare a vart on the parsha. Some simply look up a Rashi to share with the family during the holy time of the family gathering around the Shabbos table.

Women also prepare. Besides preparing all the Shabbos delights that Authentic Jewish mothers and girls work so diligently on and fill the entire air of the house with luscious smells from Wed. afternoon until licht benching, they too can prepare some Torah material for the Holy Shabbos. Maybe they will say some Tehillim, or maybe they set aside a mussar seffer to look at which they can enjoy and appreciate. (Books by Rabbi Miller are especially recommended), or maybe just a book with authentic stories about authentic Jewish values written by authentic Jewish authors.

However, I know for a fact that some Jewish homes, while maybe also preparing like mentioned above, also engage in other preparations. They go out and spend money to bring home with them toilet paper. Not clean toilet paper, but dirty toilet paper with feces on it. This toilet paper ruins the entire holiness of the neshama of Shabbos. It ruins, usually very subliminally, the mind of Jewish women and girls and those of the boys who read them as well. Any holiness that someone might acquire during the Shabbos, will be with no question, extinguished by the feces that is written on these pieces of toilet paper.

Now, I am not referring to The New York times. I know that all the readers of this blog are smarter than that. I am talking about the magazines which claim to be in-line with authentic Jewish ideology, but very subliminally undermine it. One of the most sinister, stinking pieces of garbage that is for sale “out there” on Thurs and Friday in order to contaminate Jewish homes on Shabbos is called “Mishpacha” and is sold in English and in Hebrew versions. This magazine has become very successful over the years being very well laid out graphically and by engaging very successful writers and journalists. However, for those who have any sense of Authentic Jewish smell, they know exactly what this piece of feces is worth and exactly where they want to lead their readers.

(We are not by mentioning this magazine saying in anyway that any other is any better. We will get to them as well)

We have decided to begin a crusade against this awful disgusting magazine call “Mishpacha” (Ruiner). It will be executed in different areas, arenas, and organs of the media. And indeed, Authentic Judaism in its righteous might will fight through to absolute victory, which in this case will be successfully ejecting this magazine from every Authentic Jewish Home.

We request from all our readers to draw to our attention any quotes, articles, or information that could be of a help in this worthy endeavor.

אנו בית ישראל! חוסו על נפשכם ואת נשמות בני בתיכם ואל תתן את המשחית הנקראת “משפחה” (גם באנגלית וגם בעברית) לבוא בתוך בתיכם. עמדו חזקים נגד אלה שכל רצונם וחפצם לטמאות נפשכם ונפש עולליכם ואל תתנו להם יד ורגל בתוך בתי ישראל הכשרים

[Update Dec. 7, a day that will go down in history in infamy]:

A reliable source has reported that indeed “Rabbi” Dov Shurin has been added as second in command on the Mishpacha Rabbinical Board. Mishpacha magazine explained this move by “wanting to open up to a “greater”, “more colorful”, reading audience”. The Magazine further said that Rabbi Shurin possesses all the needed credentials to be on the Rabbinical Board of Mishpacha, that being: A long beard, a black yarmulka, a guitar, and a deep understanding of the needs of bored women on Shabbos. Being that he is a grandson of the Late Reb Yaakov Kaminetsky he will fit in perfectly with the already tight woven board.

Authentic Judaism: It’s a mashel, but a real one.

While all Authentic Jewish Torah concepts are holy and pure, in our times, there are certain ones that if they are not truly internalized by the Authentic Jew, the lack of such can have cataclysmic outcomes.

These ideas are the ones which control our interpretation of what we see transpiring around us in the past or present. In the absence of firm convictions based on these ideas, the understanding (actually the misunderstanding) of the world can cause weaknesses in the pillars of faith upon which Authentic Judaism rests. That is why we have decided to iterate some of them in this forum, hoping that our devoted readers, as well as us, will take their strengthening to heart.

All these ideas are taken directly from our Holy Sages, of blessed memory, as cited herein.

The first essential idea is that Hashem Yisborach runs his world in such a fashion that He is willing to produce a fantastic abundance of something in order to benefit even one righteous man.

For instance, if one ponders:

“Why does Hashem need so many millions of Chinese people who do not know is Great Name?”

The answer is:

Maybe their country served as a haven for certain Jews during the Holocaust, or maybe today they produce certain products that Authentic Jews require. Whatever it may be – it is solely for Authentic Jewry.

This central idea of the Authentic Jewish world outlook could become hard for one to swallow as he observes so many Chinese (in our example, but this is carried over to all cases) and such a large civilization in ratio to the tiny authentic Klal Yisroel. However, once we understand that this is actually how Hashem runs his world (why He does so is another issue, not for now) that when He plans to use an element to provide or shelter His people or a righteous individual, He will make thousands (or millions, or whatever) of those elements just because of the one needed for His plan.

One of the sources for this in the works of our Holy Sages is the Midrash Rabbah in parshas Noach that the entire reason Hashem created crows was just for the one that would bring food to Eliyahu HaNavi when he was hiding in the days of King Achav.

So when you look out your window and see a crow, remember that the only reason he is there (as well as all the other crows around town, and all the other ones who have been perching there for thousands of years) is for the sake of one righteous man named Eliyahu.