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Shabbat-B'shabbato – Parshat Vayeishev No 1601: 23 Kislev 5776 (5 December 2015) Shabbat-B'Shabbato – Parshat Vayeishev No 1601: 23 Kislev 5776 (5 December 2015) AS SHABBAT APPROACHES "Because of the Foreign Culture" - by Rabbi Mordechai Greenberg, Rosh Yeshiva, Kerem B'Yavne According to Sefer Hamakabim, the main reason for the wars of the Maccabees was to fight for freedom of their own culture. "In those days, evil people came out from Yisrael... And they went to the King, who sent them to act according to the laws of the other nations... And they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem, and they abandoned the holy covenant..." Sports and nude plays were symbolic at the time of the outside world. Yosefus Flavius writes that there were Kohanim, holy priests, who left their shifts in the Temple in order to watch Greek games. In view of this, just think how ludicrous it is that a custom sprung up in the days of the First Aliya to schedule the sports events of the "Maccabee Games" during Chanukah, in memory of the Maccabees, who went out to fight against the games! In the year 5716 (1956), the author Avraham Kariv wrote an article about the evil culture that has spread through our lives. Here is some of what he said about movies: "They have become an all-powerful agent of all the evil and coarse urges within man... This is normally an unseen world which hides itself from the sun and from other people, and then rises up in front of the viewer in all its guile: 'Here I am! Here I am!'... The voice of the evil inclination is its most powerful in the world of the movies, almost as if it could be compared to the tunes of a chazzan, heaven forbid, representing the whole community of creative artists. Whatever society rejects, whatever education wants to uproot, is brought into movies and shown on the big screen with powerful emphasis... In a single week a person can pass through all seven sections of hell. "Promiscuity and corruption were present throughout history, but they were never presented to an audience in such a show of shamelessness... Seafarers are created on the island of the movies, both boys and girls, and they all gaze at the actions taking place on the screen, which are directly opposite to all the limits put in place by parents and educational institutions alike. What is considered as a serious breach of acceptable limits within the confines of the home and educational institutions is the accepted norm here, in the movies... "The venom of the movies lies in wait for our children from their earliest days. How and from what source will the soul of the next generation maintain a bit of purity and innocence? The movies are the evil angel which calls out to the young of our generation, saying: 'Descend to the lowest point!' These forces have the power to reshape the face of a nation. Our sages have taught us the following about Yisrael: 'This nation can be recognized by three characteristics: They show mercy, they have shame, and they perform kind acts.' After a quarter of a century of intensively watching movies, our nation is very different than it used to be, in all its traits. "During the day, we are involved in laying the foundations for a proper life, and then at night the soul is abandoned to an approach that tears apart the very foundation of these efforts. If the night doesn't follow the day as it should, the day follows the night." Similar things can be said about sports: "There is no greater sign of spiritual deprivation than the great increase in the interest in sports in our time. We must remember that winning a sports competition does not make the winner into a better person but only into a happier creature." (Dr. Kampell, Maariv). 1 We finish with a statement by Chaim Nachman Bialik about movies: "The intent is to cause impurity and to confuse all five senses at once, so that anybody who goes there one time will be transformed into an animal for life." POINT OF VIEW Stabbing Somebody on the "Facebook Public Square" - by Rabbi Yisrael Rozen, Dean of the Zomet Institute "And Yosef brought bad reports about them to his father" [Bereishit 37:2]. "He said that they set their eyes on the daughters of the land, and that is why Potifar's wife challenged him" [Pesikta Zutrata, Bereishit 37]. Why Facebook? I will begin with a disclosure: I do not have a facebook account, and I do not have a quarter of a million "friends" (except, of course, for the readers of this column). And here is why: I do not have the time or any desire to read about thousands of events as they happen, and to be updated every minute or two about what every "friend" thinks and feels at that very moment. I also do not have the time or any desire to send out posts just to see the deluge of reactions that I get. In general I can say that the world would have been better off if this tool had never been invented, since it has become a public square for punishment, "shaming," rumors, insults, and disseminating slander. All of these elements were intimately born in the cradle of the world's most widespread (anti-)social network. I am well aware of the benefits of facebook. It allows widespread personal expression and provides a framework for many good deeds, such as bringing thousands of people to the funeral of a lone soldier and tens of thousands to the wedding of the daughter of a terror victim, in addition to providing a platform for collecting donations to help people in need, and even to help find very valuable lost items. However, it is very clear that the public square will become filthy with the excrement of "shaming." This malady will increase along with the enhanced exposure of the power of this murderous tool. Every man and woman can readily publicize his or her vague memories or even elements of vivid imagination about what happened or almost happened in the past. And the main thing is "not to be afraid at all" to sling filth at others, making use of their full names and both past and present titles. A Hint of Murder Insulting a person is "a hint of murder" (literally, the "dust of murder") – see Rabeinu Yonah, Shaarei Teshuva 3. After all, we have been taught, "a person should be willing to throw himself into a fiery furnace in order to avoid insulting his friend in public" [Bava Metzia 59a]. The social network provides every single person with an opportunity to lie in wait and stab anybody else who is caught in his net. Many cases of suicide have occurred, even in Israel(!), as a result of "shaming" on the network. And I want to sound a warning that things may well get worse and not better: the necessary firearms exist, there is an abundance of motivation to fire away at focused targets, and the media serve as perfect crowds to line the square. They are hungry for ratings, and they therefore greedily upgrade the "shaming" to super-levels if the subject is a public figure, a celebrity, or one who occupies any kind of official position. It is true that facebook did not invent the concept of shaming public figures. All types of media - written, broadcast, and networks - have engaged in this type of activity since time immemorial, and they are experts in slandering and insulting people. However, the classic media are still bound by rules of ethics and laws against slander. No reporter would dare to publish a derogatory article without giving the accused figure a chance to respond. The "Slander Prohibition Law" is a constant reminder to the media, and millions of shekels have been paid to the victims of slander as a result of this law. (Here is another disclosure: I was once slandered by "Yated Neeman" and was awarded some compensation for their deed.) However, in facebook, by definition, nobody would ever dream of giving the shamed person 2 an opportunity to respond. It would seem that the existing slander laws do not have the power to curtail the "execution by shaming" in the town square which is used for denunciation or flogging. (Note that there was one case in Israel where a man was fined for shaming his former wife on facebook.) "Nobody can Hide from His Wrath" No individual exists, anywhere in the world, who can hide from the wrath of being slandered on facebook by those who seek to do him or her harm, or by some people who enjoy the "sport" of devouring others. The formula is very simple: Start with an embarrassing incident from the early youth of a public figure who is well respected – for example, he or she may have neglected to pay some tax or may have hired an illegal foreign worker. All we have to do then is sit back and wait for our desires to be fulfilled, and the script will play itself out. As an example, take the case of Yinon Magal (who has been accused of sexual harassment that took place several years ago). To avoid any doubt, I will state that as far as I am concerned he is not a suitable member of the Bayit Yehudi Party. However: the subject of sexual harassment is part of the normal lifestyle in the permissive culture that surrounds us. I am not calling for acceptance and forgiveness, heaven forbid, but the proper realm for such complaints is to go to the police and the courts, or to make an administrative complaint which can lead to some form of punishment.
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