DIRTY MOUTH

I DO NOT ANSWER ON COMMENTS AS I LIKE TO KNOW WHO I AM TALKING TO.
WHEN I READ IN THE JEWISH TRIBUNE OR HAMODIA ETC.ETC.
OBITUARIES OR FACES FROM THE PAST.
THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN DREAM LAND AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT OVER 95% OF PEOPLE  HAVE HORRIBLE LIVES.
 IT SOMETIMES COMES FROM  SITUATIONS IN LIFE WHICH COME FROM G=D.
OR JUST PEOPLE BEING NASTY ONE TO THE OTHER, NOT GIVING THEM RECOGNITION TO ONE ANOTHER.
IT STARTS EVEN YOUNG WHEN GOING TO SCHOOL.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO CALL ME MESUGENA OR EVEN WORSE NAMES THIS DOES NOT ALTER THE FACTS OF LIFE.
  I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT NOT BEING WELL, THIS COMES FROM G=D.
I AM TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOUR ONE TO THE OTHER.
TAKE FOR EXAMPLE,  LAST WEEKS " FACES FROM THE PAST 20/2/2014 ."
I REMEMBER WHEN RABBI ALEXANDER SCHWEID USED TO COME AROUND ONCE EVERY YEAR COLLECTING FOR HIS JEWISH RESCUE AND RELIEF COMMITTEE
HE WAS TREATED WITH SUCH DISRESPECT IN THE BOTEI MEDROSHIM EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT TALK LONG.
I WAS WRONG, I DID NOT OPEN MY MOUTH THEN.
BUT I AM NOT GOING TO BE WRONG ALL MY LIFE I AM OPENING MY FANTASTIC DIRTY MOUTH NOW. 

MEIR HOCHHAUSER Z" L

I WAS  READING IN LAST WEEKS KOL MEVASER 21/2/2014. 
 THAT 11 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE PASSING OF MEIR HOCHHAUSER Z"L.
I LIVED FOR OVER 3 YEARS WITH MY DEAR WIFE AT THE HOCHHAUSER'S HOUSE
61 LORDSHIP PARK.
MEIR WAS DOWNSTAIRS THE FIRST YEAR WITH HIS DEAR PARENTS AND THEN HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY.
HIS MOTHER WAS ONLY THERE DURING THE WEEK SHABOS AND YOM TOV SHE WAS ALWAYS AWAY BY ONE OF THE CHILDREN.
MEIR WAS DOWNSTAIRS EATING ALONE.
 WE TRIED TO INVITE HIM  BUT HE NEVER WANTED TO COME.
HE USED TO EAT DOWNSTAIRS ALONE, HE ALSO SANG BEAUTIFUL ZEMIROS ALONE. 
MY WIFE AND I USED TO SIT ON THE STAIRS LISTENING TO HIM.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT SHE USED TO SAY TO ME: " DO NOT LEAVE HIM ALONE, YOU ARE A GOOD TALKER GO DOWNSTAIRS AND TALK TO HIM".                                                                     WE GOT VERY FRIENDLY AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE TO PUT THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
AS HE WAS TWICE DIVORCED MANY PEOPLE SHUNNED HIM IN THE BEIS HAMEDRASH BELZ 99 BETHUNE ROAD.
HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO NEVER TALKED FROM YEAR TO YEAR ONLY ON  RHOSH HASHONO, ONCE A YEAR DID THEY WISH HIM THE TRADITIONAL A GOOD YEAR.
DURING THE YEAR THEY NEVER EVEN SAID GOOD SHABBOS TO HIM AS HE WAS A FAILURE IN LIFE BEING DIVORCED TWICE.
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A BIG TALMUD CHOCHOM AND HAD  A BEAUTIFUL VOICE.
( THIS IS A FAILURE OF THE PARENTS WHO NEVER EDUCATED HIM HOW TO GET ALONG WITH A WIFE AND IT IS STILL WITH US TO-DAY  HAVING CHILDREN IS  B"H EASY  BUT TEACHING THEM HOW TO GET ALONG IN LIFE THAT IS WHAT G=D WANTS) .
HIS LIFE WAS VERY SAD AND LONELY EVEN FROM HIS OWN FAMILY.
THE MAN WAS MISERABLE HAD NO RECOGNITION. BUT THE MAN ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND HE WAS PLEASED WHEN I USED TO COME DOWN AND TALK TO HIM.
ONLY WHEN HE WAS NEAR TO DEATH DID PEOPLE GIVE HIM A BIT OF RECOGNITION, AND AS WE CAN SEE TO-DAY FROM THE KOL MEVASER HE IS GETTING RECOGNITION AFTER PASSING  ON.
WE SHOULD NOT GLORIFY HIS LIFE, IT WAS LONELY AND MISERABLE NEARLY  TO HIS DYING DAY. 

   
   

      

PRICING THEMSELVES OUT

I AM JUST TAKING THE BEIS YAAKOV GIRLS SCHOOL- STAMFORD HILL
AS AN EXAMPLE.
THE FOUNDATION DINNER WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTION TO GIVE A BOOST TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE PRICE OF GOING TO THE DINNER TICKETS £180 PER PERSON/ £300 PER COUPLE.
THE ORGANISERS OF THESE FUNCTIONS ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD.
THERE HAVE LATELY BEEN A FEW TZEDOKA FUNCTIONS LIKE THIS ONE WHERE THE ORGANISERS WHO ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN AFFORD AND THEY WERE NOT  SUCCESSFUL IN RAISING FUNDS THIS WAY.
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT A SHOPKEEPER ONCE TOLD ME. THERE IS MORE MONEY TO BE MADE BY THE POOR THEN THE RICH.
WE ALSO ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER OUR SITUATION IN LIFE, RICH OR POOR BELONGS TO THE RIBONO SHEL OLAM, IT IS NOT IN OUR HANDS.

WARNING ! ! !

IN THE MIDWEEK'S ADVERTISER  19/2/2014.

PAGE  40.

GLADESMORE ESTATES HAS A HOUSE FOR SALE.

OFFERS IN EXCESS OF £ 750.000.

IN RIVERSIDE ROAD. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT ALL THESE HOUSES IN THAT AREA ARE BUILD ON THE RIVER LEA FLOOD PLANES.

THEY ARE ARE IN DANGER OF FLOODING. YOU CAN NOT EVEN GET INSURANCE IN THAT AREA FOR FLOODING.

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN FLOODING ALERTS A FEW TIME.

IN MY EYES THESE HOUSES ARE WORTH ZERO ! ! !

MEIR FLEISCHER Z.L.

THIS FRIDAY MORNING 14/2/2014 AS I HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS  
I WENT TO START THE DAY THE TORAH WAY SHIURIM IN THE BIALA BEIS HAMEDRASH 110 CASTLEWOOD ROAD.

THIS FRIDAY RABBI YITZCHOK SUFRIN GAVE THE SHIUR HE TOLD A STORY 
FROM THE MAGAZINE FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES CONCORD MARCH 2008.

WHO AM I ? ?.

BEING A LONDON TAXI DRIVER ONE OF THOSE WHO ARE RECKONED TO BE AMONGST THE BEST IN THE WORLD IT WAS NO BIG DEAL TO FIND THE NEAREST MONASTERY.
I PARKED MY CAB ON THE RANK IN KENSINGTON ONE OF THE SMART AREAS IN WEST LONDON AND WALKED OVER TO THE MONASTERY THAT I HAD DRIVEN BY MORE TIMES THEN I CARED TO REMEMBER.
"AT LAST" I THOUGHT, "I AM GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE IN MY LIFE THAT WILL GIVE ME THE PURPOSE AND FULFILMENT THAT HAS EVADED ME TILL NOW".
I RANG THE BELL PROTRUDING FROM THE ANCIENT STONEWORK AND SOON I HEARD THE HOLLOW FOOTSTEPS WALKING THE CORRIDOR WITHIN.
THE HUGE HINGES CREAKED AND THE DOOR SLOWLY OPENED INWARDS. I SAW A WIZENED FACE BLINKING IN THE SUNLIGHT.
" MAY I HELP YOU "? I HEARD THE VOICE SAY
" YES " I SAID.
" I WANT TO JOIN YOU "
" COME IN " HE SAID.
HE INVITED ME IN AND TOLD ME TO SIT DOWN AND HE WOULD FIND THE PRIEST.
I SAT AND WAITED LOOKING FORWARD ONCE AND FOR ALL TO GET RID OF MY JEWISH GUILT TRIP.
AFTER ABOUT HALF AN HOUR THE PRIEST UNHURRIEDLY ENTERED THE ROOM PULLED UP A CHAIR AND SAID
" WHAT IS YOUR NAME " ?
" MARTIN " I ANSWERED.
" NO " HE SAID " YOUR JEWISH NAME ".
" MEIR " I SAID.
" AND YOUR FATHER'S NAME " ?
" MOSHE YOSEF " I REPLIED.
" MEIR BEN MOSHE YOSEF YOU DON'T BELONG HERE,
 GO BACK TO YOUR PEOPLE ".
 I GOT UP IN A DAZE.AS I WALKED OUT OF THAT FRONT DOOR THE THOUGHT WAS WHIZZING AROUND IN MY MIND.
" JUDAISM I DON'T WANT.THEY DON'T WANT ME ".
I, AT A SNAIL'S PACE, MADE MY WAY BACK TO THE CAB.
PERHAPS THE ANSWER LIES WITHIN AFTER ALL.
PERHAPS IT DOES. MEIR IS NOW A CHOSSID LIVING IN STAMFORD HILL NORTH LONDON THE LARGEST ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY IN EUROPE.

GABY LOCK SAYS.
MR  MEIR FLEISCHER WHO LIVED AT 126 BOUVERIE ROAD N.16
WAS NIFTAR A FEW WEEKS AGO.
I MORE AND MORE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE WAYS OF G=D.
BUT MY DUTY IN LIFE IS TO SPREADING HOW I CAN AND IN WHAT EVER WAY, THAT THERE IS A G=D.

SHOMER YISRAEL,SHEMOR SHE'EIRIS YISRAEL,

V'AL YOVAD YISRAEL ! ! !

IN LAST WEEKS HAMODIA MAGAZINE 13/2/2014

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE PAGE  4

THE GERER REBBE ,THE BEIS YISRAEL ZY"A, OFTEN WALKED THE STREETS OF YERUSHALAYIM WITH HIS GABBAI, REB CHANINA SCHIFF Z"L
ONE DAY AS THEY WERE OUT WALKING,THE QUIET WAS DISTURBED BY THE VOICE OF AN ARAB MUEZZIN BEING AIRED THROUGH A LOUDSPAKER IN A MOSQUE.
" DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING ? HE ASKED REB CHANINA ?
THE BEIS YISRAEL SAID HE IS READING TEXT TO AROUSE THE MEMORY OF THE SIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF.
THEN THE REBBE SMILED.
" HA  ! ! THEY THINK THAT THE RECOLLECTION OF THAT SIN IS DEATH FOR AM YISROEL.
HASHEM PARDONED THEM DESPITE ITS SEVERITY EVEN THOUGH,
THIS SIN WAS DONE A FEW WEEKS AFTER RECEIVING THE TORAH AND G=D PARDONED THEM.
THE LESSON IS THAT G=D WILL PARDON ANY JEW AT ANY TIME WANTING TO RETURN TO G=D EVEN AS MR MEIR FLEISCHER BY A PRIEST.
THE PRINCIPLE THAT HASHEM'S LOVE OF AM YISRAEL IS UNCONDITIONAL ! ! !

please also read on my bloog:

CHAIM DOVID HALBERSTAM ZT"L

THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE

WE HAVE A MAJOR MISTAKE IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON G=D MADE THIS WORLD AND PEOPLE TO LIVE IN.
G=D MADE MARRIAGE SO THAT TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE TOGETHER AND THE MAIN THING IS, AS THE TORAH TELLS US, TO BE ONE AND TO TAKE YOU OUT OF YOUR SELF CENTRED SHELL AND TEACH YOU HOW TO SHARE YOUR LIFE WITH ANOTHER PERSON.
MARRIAGE IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU MORE OF A MENSCH THEN JUST MAINTAINING YOUR SELFISH LIFESTYLE WHILE LIVING WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
WHEN TWO PEOPLE DO NOT GET ALONG SOMETHING IS LACKING FUNDAMENTALLY AT THE CORE.
LIKE PLEASE AND THANK YOU ! ! !
USUALLY A SIGN OF BEING PROFOUND SELF CENTRED.
WHEN YOU SPEND THE BETTER PART OF YOUR TIME TOGETHER CRITICIZING YOUR WIFE, YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE INSTANT AMENDS ? ? 
WHEN HE OR SHE SAID THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH, DO YOU THINK THEY WERE JUST REFERRING TO THE LAST EPISODE OF CRITICISM ? ?
MY IDEA IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GET MARRIED AND SLEEP IN SEPARATE BED ROOMS FOR THE FIRST YEAR TILL THEY HAVE HAVE LEARNED TO BEHAVE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER.

LEV TAHOR

Lev Tahor Mother Pleads With Public 

I know this particular mother in person and she does not abuse her children. Her children are adorable sweet children. I am sure that the people making all these negative comments have never met this lady and have no right to pass judgement without knowing the facts firsthand. Hearsay is not evidence of anything. In fact I don’t believe that other than their mode of dress makes the women in this community any different from any other mothers. I have feel they are being grossly wronged by the child protection services in Quebec and no in Ontario and by the greater Jewish community who is quick to vilify them and suggest that their children belong in foster care (just because they think they are strange). I feel that everyone has the right to their chumros if they aren’t imposing them on others or suggesting that their way is the only right way. We all think we are doing the right thing, whether we are modern Orthodox, yeshivish or Chassidish. We don’t tell others to do things our way or they are wrong. So even if this group seems to be very different, we can’t say for sure there must be abuse and their children have to be taken away. One big problem we have nowadays is the internet, the (mis)information highway, with everyone’s opinion on it, right or wrong and a lot of loshon horah also. Somehow people think there is a heter to speak loshon horah on the internet. 

GABY LOCK SAYS:

THIS LETTER IS VERY GOOD AND TRUTHFUL WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO PASS JUDGEMENT.       I DO NOT LIKE THE WOMEN'S MODE OF DRESS. 

SHE THINKS, " JEWISH TZNIUS  IS BEING DRESSED LIKE A MUSLIM."

USUALLY THESE PEOPLE ARE BALEI TESHUVA WHO THINK THAT THE MORE COVERED THEY GO DRESSED THE MORE TZNIUS  THEY ARE.

 THIS COMES FROM THEIR IGNORANCE IN JEWISH LAW.THE SAME GOES  FOR THE MEN.

A  FRUM YID IS A PERSON WHO LEARNS TORAH AND BELIEVES IN THE RIBONO SHEL OLAM HE DOES NOT HAVE TO GO DRESSED IN A SPECIAL WAY.

 THIS COMES ALSO FROM THE GOYIM.  

THE VAN DRIVER'S

IN LAST WEEK UPDATE 30 JANUARY 2014.
I MUST GIVE A COMPLIMENT TO C. KUFLIK FOR BEING THE ONLY ONE TO SIGN THEIR NAME IN THE LETTERS AGAINST THE VAN DRIVERS.
LET ME ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF THE VAN DRIVERS.
NUMBER ONE:
THE VAN DRIVER TO MAKE A LIVING FROM THIS JOB  HAS TO TAKE AS MANY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AS HE CAN.
ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS TO PICK UP AND DROP AS MANY CHILDREN AS QUICKLY AS  POSSIBLE.
NUMBER TWO :
IF YOU, THE PARENTS,  WANT SAFETY FOR THEIR CHILDREN.  YOU EITHER TAKE THEM YOURSELF, OR PAY EXTRA SO THAT EACH VAN HAS AN ADULT TRAVELLING WITH,  WHO WILL MAKE SURE THE CHILD IS SECURE IN HIS SEAT.ETC. ETC. 
AS I HAVE EXPLAINED THE DRIVER HAS NO TIME TO CHECK THE CHILD'S SEAT BELT AS HE HAS THE NEXT CHILD TO COLLECT. 

WAKE UP THAT'S ALL HE IS INTERESTED IN ! ! !

NUMBER THREE:

THE DRIVERS EVEN IF THERE IS PLACE TO STOP HE STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THE REASON BEING THAT IT TAKES TIME TO PARK NEAR THE CURB AND THE NEXT CHILD IS WAITING AND THE DRIVER MUST NOT DROP THE CHILDREN LATE AT THE SCHOOL OR CHEDER.

CHAIM DOVID HALBERSTAM ZT"L

YOU MUST READ LAST WEEKS HAMODIA 23 JANUARY 2014 FEATURES.
IT HAPPENED IN POLAND NOT SO LONG AGO.
RABBI CHAIM DOVID HALBERSTAM ZT"L WRITES:
ON ANOTHER VISIT TO POLAND, I WAS IN CRACOW, SITING IN MY HOTEL LOBBY, WHEN AN ELDERLY POLISH WOMAN APPROACHED ME.
SHE ASKED ME IF SHE COULD DISCUSS SOMETHING WITH ME FOR A FEW MINUTES.
SHE THEN RELATED THE FOLLOWING:
" I WAS A YOUNG GIRL IN POLAND WHEN WORLD WAR TWO BROKE OUT.
MY JEWISH PARENTS, IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SAVE MY LIFE, ENTRUSTED ME TO A NON-JEWISH FAMILY IN OUR CITY.
THEY TORMENTED ME IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. 
EVERY NIGHT, I CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP.
ONE NIGHT, I DECIDED THAT I HAD HAD ENOUGH. I MUST  ESCAPE,  REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES. 
I DECIDED TO GO TO A SMALL VILLAGE OUTSIDE THE CITY.
" AT DAWN I FINALLY REACHED A VILLAGE. I WANDERED ABOUT UNTIL A FAMILY TOOK ME IN TO WORK ON THEIR FARM.
NO ONE KNEW THAT I WAS JEWISH. IT WAS A SECRET THAT I GUARDED VIGILANTLY, SLOWLY, I BECAME PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND MY NEW LIFE MADE ME FORGET MY FAMILY AND ANCESTRY.
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED,THE VILLAGERS TREATED ME LIKE ONE OF THEIR OWN. WHEN I CAME OF AGE, I MARRIED A LOCAL YOUTH, WITH WHOM I HAD A GOOD LIFE. WE HAD THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER, TWO BOYS AND A GIRL.
OUR CHILDREN GREW UP AND GOT MARRIED.
LATELY, I STARTED FEELING A CONSTANT WEAKNESS, AS WELL AS PAIN.
I CONSULTED A DOCTOR. IT WAS TOO LATE. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED CANCER AND TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DONE. 
THE DOCTOR'S PROGNOSIS WAS THAT I HAD BUT A SHORT TIME LEFT TO LIVE.
ONE NIGHT I HAD A DREAM,  A TERRIBLE DREAM ! !
MY MURDERED MOTHER HY"D APPEARED TO ME, SHE CRIED AND WAILED,
 " MY DEAR DAUGHTER, I'M DEMANDING SOMETHING FROM YOU AND I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO REFUSE ME, YOU'VE LIVED THE LIFE OF A POLISH GENTILE, WITHOUT SHABBOS, WITHOUT KASHRUS, BUT HAVE PITY ON YOURSELF, AT LEAST SEE THAT YOU WILL BE BURIED AS A JEW, FOR THIS WILL HELP YOU IN THE NEXT WORLD."
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT CAREFULLY AND DECIDED TO IGNORE THE DREAM,
BUT THE DREAM APPEARED TIME AND TIME AGAIN UNTIL I WAS CONVINCED THAT IT WAS TRUE AND I MUST FULFILL MY MOTHER'S REQUEST.
" SO NOW I'M TALKING TO YOU, PLEASE HELP ME AND ADVISE ME WHAT TO DO.
MY POLISH HUSBAND IS AN ANTI-SEMITE, IF HE DISCOVERS THAT HIS WIFE IS A JEWESS, THAT I LIED TO HIM ALL THESE YEARS, HE WILL DEFINITELY NOT AGREE TO MY REQUEST AND WILL EVEN TAKE REVENGE ON ME. WHAT CAN I DO ?
THE WOMAN FINISHED SPEAKING AND BURST INTO BITTER TEARS.
B'SIYATTA DISHMAYA I CAME UP WITH A GOOD IDEA.
" YOU HAVE FRIENDS ? " I ASKED HER, "IF SO ,"
" WRITE DOWN YOUR LIFE STORY INCLUDING AN EXPLICIT COMMAND TO BURY YOU AS A JEW AND GIVE IT TO A TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND, TELL HER THAT SHE IS NOT TO OPEN IT OR GIVE IT TO ANYONE UNTIL AFTER YOUR DEATH, AT WHICH TIME SHE SHOULD GIVE IT TO YOUR HUSBAND.
SHE THEN WROTE DOWN HER NAME AND FAMILY NAME AND ASKED ME TO PRAY FOR HER.
A FEW YEARS PASSED AND  ONCE AGAIN I FOUND MYSELF IN POLAND. THIS TIME I WAS BASED IN THE CAPITAL,WARSAW.
ONE DAY I HIRED A POLISH DRIVER TO TAKE ME TO BIALYSTOK.
WE STARTED THE DAY EARLY, DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY THAT WAS ONCE A CENTER OF TORAH AND CHASSIDUS WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YIDDEN LIVING THERE.
NOW THOSE STREETS BORE NO RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT THEY HAD ONCE BEEN.
EVENTUALLY, AS THE RIDE WAS SMOOTH AND UNEVENTFUL, HE STARTED QUESTIONING ME ABOUT VARIOUS TOPICS.
ONCE HE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH ME, HIS TONE CHANGED AND HE TOLD ME HE HAD SOMETHING INTERESTING TO TELL ME.
" YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I AM A JEW,  BUT I AM A JEW ! " HE SAID 
"I WANT TO TELL YOU THE ASTONISHING WAY THIS BECAME KNOWN TO ME.
" MY MOTHER DIED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS A TERRIBLE LOSS FOR OUR ENTIRE FAMILY. 
WHILE WE WERE SITTING AND PLANNING THE BURIAL CEREMONY, A NEIGHBOR,
A CLOSE FRIEND OF OUR MOTHER ENTERED.
THIS IS A LETTER YOUR WIFE GAVE ME AND ASKED ME TO GIVE TO YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER DEATH.
MY FATHER'S FACE REGISTERED COMPLETE SHOCK AFTER READING THE LETTER.
MY FATHER STARTED WEEPING UNCONTROLLABLY.
FINALLY HE HANDED US THE LETTER TO READ, WE WERE COMPLETELY SHAKEN TO DISCOVER THAT OUR MOTHER COMMANDED US TO BURY HER IN A JEWISH CEMETERY, AS SHE WAS JEWISH !
WE STOOD THERE PARALYZED WITH SHOCK. A WHILE PASSED IN WHICH NONE OF US UTTERED A WORD.
THEN WE CONCLUDED THAT WE WERE OBLIGATED TO FULFILL OUR MOTHER'S WISH.
BUT WHAT WOULD THE NEIGHBORS  OUR FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES THINK ? OUR FATHER DECIDED THAT FIRST,WE'D ARRANGE A BURIAL IN THE LOCAL CEMETERY.
THEN WE'D SAY THAT WE'RE TRANSFERRING HER REMAINS TO THE VILLAGE OF TICHIN SO THAT SHE COULD BE BURIED NEAR HER PARENTS.
IN TICHIN WE'D BURY HER IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY THERE, AND THAT WAS WHAT WE DID.
THE DRIVER WASN'T FINISHED. HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND CONTINUED HIS TALE.
SEVERAL WEEKS LATER,MY FATHER SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK, HE WAS IN A  CRITICAL CONDITION AND THE DOCTORS CLAIMED HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
ONE DAY HE CALLED US, HIS THREE CHILDREN INTO HIM AND BEGAN SPEAKING IN A SERIOUS TONE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW NOW, MY FATHER SAID: " THAT I AM A JEW ! ! "
" FATHER THEN TOLD US THAT BECAUSE OF THE DANGERS OF THE WAR, HIS PARENTS HID HIM AND CONCEALED HIS TRUE IDENTITY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS BEFORE MY DEATH.
I COMMAND YOU THAT WHEN MY TIME COMES YOU BURY ME NEAR YOUR MOTHER IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY."
WHEN THE DRIVER FINISHED HIS TALE HE NOTICED THAT I LOOKED FAINT.
I TOOK OUT THE NOTE ON WHICH WAS WRITTEN THE NAME OF THE WOMAN I HAD MET SO MANY YEARS AGO IN CRACOW AND FOR WHOM I HAD BEEN PRAYING ALL THESE YEARS.
" THIS WAS MY MOTHER ! " THE DRIVER EXCLAIMED
AND SO HE HEARD FROM ME THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY AFTER I HAD SO MIRACULOUSLY HEARD THE SECOND PART FROM HIM.
ONE YEAR LATER I WENT TO THEIR KEVARIM IN TICHIN AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS ALL TRUE.

SHOMER YISRAEL,SHEMOR SHE'EIRIS YISRAEL,

V'AL YOVAD YISRAEL ! ! !

IN LAST WEEKS HAMODIA 16 JANUARY 2014.
I WAS NOT SURPRISED TO SEE MARTIN D. STERN'S  LETTER.
AS HIS LETTERS ARE NEARLY EVERY WEEK IN THE HAMODIA.
ALSO I WISH THE HAMODIA WOULD FOLLOW THE JEWISH TRIBUNE'S  WAY AND NOT PRINT LETTERS WITH NAME WITHHELD OR SINCERELY A.C. LONDON.
IF YOU ARE AFRAID TO PUT YOUR NAME, DO NOT WRITE LETTERS.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT  TO MARTIN D. STERN
HE ALWAYS WRITES HIS NAME.
BUT LAST WEEK HE WROTE: 
I WAS HORRIFIED THAT THE COFFIN OF ARIEL SHARON " LAY IN STATE " OUTSIDE THE KNESSET.
HE WRITES:
LYING IN STATE IS A NON-JEWISH PRACTISE WHICH HAS NO PLACE IN A JEWISH STATE.
MR MARTIN D. STERN. ARE YOU MAD ? ? THE JEWISH STATE IS RUN BY PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH JEWISH PRACTISE.
WAKE UP MR STERN THE JEWISH STATE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING A FRUM  ORTHODOX JEW.
YOU, THE HAMODIA AND FRUM PARTIES IN THE KNESSET HAVE TO WAKE UP AND REALISE THAT THE JEWISH STATE DOES NOT WISH TO PRACTISE BEING  A JEW.