sometimes one gets the impression that the reason why certain people give so much tzedokoh is to cover up &/or excuse the method that they acquired their wealth. it is almost as if they feel so guilty knowing that they got rich illegally &/or immorally that they give it away lavishly to try to wash it away. or they genuinely feel that they are allowed to act illegally/immorally in order to great good. this, my friends, is called mitzvah haba’ah ba’aveirah, which is WORSE than just doing an aveyrah, because when you merely sin you know that you are doing something wrong. but when the sin is done through a mitzvah, you actually convince yourself that it is not a sin, so you are not even moved to do teshuvah - aderabo, he expects to be known as a tzadik & ba’al chesed. he has fooled himself. as the maharash said, “it is no trick to fool a fool.”

פ"ו שהוא גימט' שם אלקים שצריך בירור בגל[י]ות, ועל מספר ר"ב דערב רב שעלו עם משה נק' צבאות הוי' [כ]דוגמא דלע"ל דנהרו אליו כל הגוים [כו']. אבל בנ"י שעלו עם משה עצמו שחלק ה' עמו כמ"ש כי חלק ה' עמו כו' עליהם אמר אח"כ ויהי בעצם היום הזה הוציא הוי' עצמו את בנ"י [בעצמם כו'] על צבאותם למעלה מבחי' צבאות הוי', ששם זה דצבאות אינו אלא למטה בבי"ע כנ"ל וד"ל. [כמ"ש מי הוא זה מלך הכבודשיורד מאצי' לבי"ע להיות מלך על עם נפרד ה' צבאות הוא מלך כו'.] וז"ש ויעש דוד שם שהוא שם דצבאות שבא לברר לרפ"ח כו', ולע"ל [א'] יתעלה שם זה למעלה מעלה[ו]כמ"ש אבן מאסו
הבונים [כו'] א' ב"ן [כו'] והוא האבן הראשה [כו'] דזרובבל [כו'], וזהו שזכרי' ניבא [רק] בשם הוי' צבאות מפני שהי' נבואתו במשיח וגם בכל נב[ו]אות שלו כה א' ה' צבאות (עיין בו עד סי' ט"ו ) בעז"ה

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The Eli Valley comic posted below features a volume of Tanya in Rubashkin's pocket as he labors the South American immigrants like a modern Pharaoh. What is the connection?

Here is the end of Chapter 1 of Tanya:

מה שאין כן נפשות אומות העולם הן משאר קליפות טמאות שאין בהן טוב כלל:"
The souls of the nations of the world, however, emanate from the other, unclean kelipot which contain no good whatever,

כמו שכתוב בע׳ חיים שער מ״ט פרק ג׳: וכל טיבו דעבדין האומות לגרמייהו עבדין
as is written in Etz Chayim, Portal 49, ch. 3, that all the good that the nations do, is done out of selfish motives.

Since their nefesh emanates from kelipot which contain no good, it follows that any good done by them is for selfish motives.

וכדאיתא בגמרא על פסוק: וחסד לאומים חטאת — שכל צדקה וחסד שאומות העולם עושין אינן אלא להתייהר כו
So the Gemara31 comments on the verse,32 “The kindness of the nations is sin” — that all the charity and kindness done by the nations of the world is only for their self-glorification…"

(To note that in some comments the late Lubavitcher Rebbe moderated this statement, but did not discard it.)

Is there a connection of between Agriprocessor's behavior with their illegal goyishe workers, or the Postville frume community in general to their white-bread Iowan neighbors, and the inbred Chabad indoctrination of dichotomy between Gentile and Jew as perculated through Tanya? One wonders.

One also wonders how this reconciles with Latter-Day Lubavitch's overt "7 Noachide Laws" missionizing, which seems to "elevate" the Gentile (even Guatemalan) to a status higher than the chickens & cows they are slaughtering & debowling.

One also wonders how most of Chabad-Lubavitch are supporting the Rubashkins (http://www.col.org.il/show_news.rtx?artID=42690 & see comments), if they made such a big Chilul Hashem & Chilul Lubavitch?

(Of course, anti-Gentile bigotry pervades everywhere, including in the chareidisher velt at large - but to such an extent & in an outreach movement that claims inclusion to all inhabitant of the globe?)

To note too, that not all chasidim held this view. See Reb Pinchas of Koritz' (student of the Besht) Imrey Pinchas Inyanim Shonim #79 (in the complete edition 5763, vol. 1, p. 414) that someone once mentioned before him in the name of a sefer (presumably the Sefer haBrit) that one should love even a Gentile for he too is a creation of the Creator - & that [hearing] this delighted Reb Pinchas very much. (See too Chaim Vital's Gates of Holiness 1:5: "…and one should love all people [beriyot, lit. creations], even Gentiles.")

For your hanueh, Lipe's "Sheloy Osani Goy."

1) The September edition of New Voices, which they title "The Lubavitch Issue." Our very own Anarchist Rabbi Captain Sholom Keller is featured on the cover with an extensive interview:

2) Tanya in the comix (in the pocket of a Rubashkin yet!), by the talented Eli Valley(http://www.evcomics.com/). See the bottom right frame:

3) A Rubashkin-related story you may not have heard of : A shliach arrested on alleged sex abuse charges with a 13 year old boy:

May Chabad continue with their glorious work until giluy Melech haMoshiach, AMEN!

PS: To the Rebbe-philic cows out there - this is about Chabad, NOT the Rebbe (this time), so do not delete. Unless you consider "Chabad" as synonymous with cyanide & exposure to it (spiritual) suicide…

Table of Contents

1. Preface
   1. Introduction
   2. Making an Informed Decision
   3. The Elements of Suicide
   4. The Empowerment of Accepting Death
2. Preparations
   1. Introduction
   2. Contemplating Death
   3. Imagining the Post-Mortem World
   4. Considering the Symbolism of Death and Suicide
   5. Lying Successfully
   6. Resolving Life Problems
   7. Letting Others Assist
   8. Making it Look Like an Accident
   9. The Possibility of Failure
   10. Dying at Home
3. Choosing a Method or Combination of Methods
   1. Ingestion/Injection/Inhalation
      1. Poisons
         1. Ethylene Glycol (Antifreeze)
         2. Cyanide
         3. Potassium Chloride
      2. Depressants
         1. "LD-50″/"MLD" (Minimum Lethal Dosage)
         2. Alcohol
         3. Heroin and Other Controlled Substances
         4. Barbiturates and Sleeping Pills
      3. Carbon Monoxide (CO) Inhalation
   2. Asphyxiation & Suffocation
      1. Constriction
      2. Oxygen Displacement
         1. Ether
         2. Nitrogen (N₂), Helium (He), and Other Inert Gases
         3. Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)/Suffocation
         4. Nitrous Oxide (N₂O)
         5. Water (H₂O)/Drowning
         6. Other Methods
   3. Damage (Physical Methods)
      1. Decapitation (Beheading)
      2. Cervical (Neck) Dislocation/Breakage (Hanging)
      3. Electrocution
      4. Hypothermia
      5. Immolation
      6. Exsanguination (Bloodloss)
         1. Major Arteries/Veins
         2. Wrists
      7. Weapons
         1. Explosives
         2. Guns

here or hereor here

http://www.vosizneias.com/22642/2008/11/17/new-york-man-video-taping-illegally-parked-city-government-vehicles-raise-controversy-video/

Now if only he would cover this week's Shluchim convention in Crown Heights, when they block traffic on Eastern Parkway this Sunday to take their class photo…

Eri Yoshida was drafted for a new independent league that will launch in April, drawing attention for a side-armed knuckler that her future manager Yoshihiro Nakata said was a marvel.

"I never dreamed of getting drafted," Yoshida told reporters Monday, a day after she was selected to play for the Kobe 9 Cruise.

"I have only just been picked by the team and have not achieved anything," she said. "I want to play as a pro eventually in a higher league."

Yoshida, 155 centimetres (five feet) tall and weighing 52 kilograms (114 pounds), says she wants to follow in the footsteps of the great Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.

- from yahoo! news

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/16playgirl.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin

"They aspired to bring Playgirl back to its roots, back to a time when the magazine covered issues like abortion and equal rights, interspersing sexy shots of men with work from writers like Raymond Carver and Joyce Carol Oates."

 "The women’s dreams crashed when Blue Horizon Media, which also puts out hard-core magazines, announced it was shutting Playgirl. The last issue, dated January/February 2009, recently arrived on newsstands."

 " Playgirl’s passing certainly will not be lamented as would the death of a more respected, or even a mildly respected, magazine. Yet for its writers and fans, something tangible has been lost in its closure."

“It was almost a way to get back at Playboy,” said Pamela Des Barres, the famed former rock groupie, who wrote a music column for Playgirl. “It was a great idea, and it could have been done better. It did offer women a way to see some gorgeous hot, young, sexy guys, and nothing’s wrong with that.”

“I think a different kind of porn is very degrading to women, but the kind of stuff we were peddling was about what women wanted,” said Ms. Caldwell, who is 26. “For better or worse, this was a real blow for feminism. We were the only magazine that offered naked men to women.”