It is really stunning to see in how many ways Yom Kippur is used as a hanger for peoples dirty laundry to hang on. Yom Kippur is not a time to remember a war in which the Zionists caused many young men to loose their life for no justified reason -

The Holy Brisker Rav ZATZAL said that if only one Jew looses his life for the Zionist State, that is too much.

Some call it time for “reflection” etc. and other empty psychological/philosophical garbage talk.

Yom Kippur is the time for one thing ONLY: To repent for not fulfilling our duties to HASHEM YISBORACH as Authentic Jews. This means the Halacha in its entirety. The reason we must ask or fellow Jews for forgivness and repent for our sins between us and our fellow Authentic Jews is olso ONLY because these Mitzvos command us to do so because that is Hashem’s will, not because of empty humanistic ethics.

Oh Hahsem accept the Tshuvah of Authentic Jews everywhere, even those who in their inocent ignorance do not know how to serve You. And may non-authentic Jews, whereever they may hide, be totally destroyed by Your Great, Holy wrath in our days!

Many have commented about the importance of the Mitzvah of Ahavas Yisroel. Well we couldn’t agree more. It is indeed a great Mitzvah to love EVERY JEW who is still considered part of Amisecha.

But do you think that impostor Jews really care about Ahavas Yisroel that they boast about so much? Not at all!

The Holy Brisker Rav (who even JB was afraid of) had this to say:

When someone comes to me talking about Ahavas Yisroel I know, with no doubt, immediately, three things about this person: 1. He hates Hashem, 2. He hates the Torah, 3. He hates kosher (authentic) Jews. – Pearls of Wisdom of the Brisker Rav, Bnei Brak 5769, pg. 121.

Who would dare disagree with the Holy Brisker Rav?! You must ask yourself: Are you willing to adopt his Authentic Jewish Ideology, or do you think you understand authentic Judaism better than the True Brisker Rav.

Well, the holy month of Ellul is more than half over. We await the great judgment day of Rosh Hashana with awe. We must do some real Tshuvah before RH or we are going to be in real trouble. But so many of us find Tshuvah as a puzzling issue. Many don’t know where to start.

Well first class Tshuvah goes like this:

You open a Shulchan Aruch starting at Siman 1. You start reading, and as you read you honestly rate yourself: How well did I do this?, and this?, and this?. Then you go on to Siman 2 and repeat the above again until you finish the entire Shulchan Aruch. You will be over your head in what to do Tshuvah about and it will all be clearly set out for you.

However many are not up to doing Tshuvah on such a level. But that’s no reason not to do anything. If you can’t fly first class you can still fly coach. It’s not as sweet, but it will get you somewhere, and every bit of Tshuvah is precious.

So here’s what you do: Take one small thing that you know you need to improve in. Investigate the possibility that you can promise Hashem that this one thing you will NEVER, EVER,EVER,EVER do again. Then regret you did it and say Vidui etc.

This system is absolutely imperative. We must find something, anything, no matter how minute, that we can surely say this is behind us forever. We will NEVER return to it.

Maybe not talking lashon harah about a certain authentic Jew, like your mother in law. So you could say, I will do my best not to talk any Lashon Harah about anybody, but about my mother in law, never, ever again. Maybe that’s too hard for some, (I happen to have a very good mother in law) but you can choose anything. Just remember it has to be a “NEVER AGAIN”.

A great merit is to accept upon yourself not to show any respect for impostors of Judaism. Teach your children and your students to hate those who promote non-authentic Jewish ideology. Teach them why we hate them. Because, Hashem has commanded us to do so. They are destroying Hashem’s creation with their pollution.

On a certain Yom Kippur night the Holy Chazon Ish called one of his students over to him between Kol Nidrei and Maariv. He said to him that he wanted to tell him how terrible a certain impostor Rabbi was. (This was one of Kook’s followers). The student asked, “Excuse me Rebbi, is this the time to talk about such matters?”. The holy Chazon Ish replied “Now is exactly the right time to talk about this!!”

Anyone familiar with Rabbi Avigdor Miller’s ideology knows well his negative views of traveling for a vacation. He always stressed that if you are fortunate to receive time off from your daily burdens you should be running very fast to the Beis HaMidrash and not some hotel somewhere. Furthermore, he frequently pointed out the abundance of opportunities to grow in Torah that exist in the large Torah cities in contrast to hick towns. Also, it is common knowledge that vacation areas (like the Catskills etc.) provide a whole family of Nisyonos that are nor present at home. Rabbi Miller also expressed explicit dissent from touring in Eretz Yisroel as a vacation activity. It is simply a waste of precious time that could be utilized for learning many pages of Gemarah.

Lately, I have noticed that it has become a massive custom for young Jewish couples, especially newlyweds, to come to Eretz Yisroel during the summer Bein HaZmanim. From where in the world did this strange Minhag arise? Besides the time factor mentioned above, there is another point: Eretz Yisroel is not a tourist attraction. It is a Holy place to serve Hashem. Many Americans come to Eretz Yisroel and add to the problems here, not the solution. For example: The Kossel. The Kossel is a mourning site, where we should be morning and crying over past and present, bodily and spiritual, destructions of Klall Yisroel at the hands of Goiyim as well as Jewish enemies. What transpires, however? Many tourists think that the Kossel is some sort of photo studio to take pictures with their friends and buddies. It’s like going to your grandpa’s grave and taking pictures of yourself smiling while leaning on the Matzevah!

I am not saying that we don’t need times for refreshment and renewal. Life sometimes is very stressful and the need to change the atmosphere is sometimes very legitimate. But let’s utilize the summer as real authentic Jews who think before they go anywhere and let us plan a vacation which will truly bring us closer to Hashem and Torah learning.

Did you know that you can become a real holy Jew in three [easy] steps?

[I can guarantee you it was worth crawling over here on your back to hear this]

(Not holy like the singer/bum Shlomo Carelbach used to call all Jews “Holy”. This is Epikorsus. Not all Jews are holy, whether you like it or not. Yes, there are holy Jews, but then there are also non-holy Jews. There are righteous Jews and wicked Jews. However, all Jews have the potential to be Holy as Moshe Rabeinu or as wicked as Yeravem ben Nevat.)

Here’s how:

Step 1) Find yourself an Authentic Torah Idea.

This is so, so easy. Just open a sefer, be it Mishlei or Tehillim or  a siddur, or whatever. Let’s take, for example the first pasuk of Tehillim:

אשרי האיש אשר לא הלך בעצת רשעים ובדרך חטאים לא עמד

“How Happy is the Man who has not Walked in the Council of the Wicked etc.” As we said this could be any authentic Jewish idea.

Step 2) Understand it well. Make sure this no unclear or ambiguous side to it. If necessary, look in the Mefarshim to better understand it. Get it down CLEAR.

Step 3) Every day for 5 minutes THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA. Concentrate on it. Reflect on it. Do this in a quiet place or when you will not be interrupted. Just lock it in your mind for five minutes a day.

You are now on you way to becoming a truly Holy Jew. You will start feeling the results after 3 or four days. Try it and see for yourself!