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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Hashkafa Q&A
Hashkafa With Reb Gershon Ribner shlita.
Identifying the Kapos in our midst who rule the school system
It’s about time someone spoke up. Too many overly zealous and misguided women are promoted as leaders, despite not reflecting true Torah values. When these are the role models we present, it’s no surprise our youth are confused.
The bigger avla is on the father who kept his daughter home for months to fight to get her into a school that is run by what this speaker calls a kapo.Why couldn't he send her to a less popular school which is not run by a kapo ,even if it means he won't have the so called kovod of getting his daughter into a more popular school . To me that is true hypocrisy, call people kapos and still fight to get your child into that school.There are enough less popular schools available that are not run by kapos
I was online at the post office a few years ago (It took a long time, but I'm not online anymore 馃様) and this woman was talking on her phone about a particular 讘转 讬砖专讗诇. I was flabbergasted that she was a) talking on the phone in public b) talking negatively in what seemed to be 诇砖讜谉 讛专注. I waited for her turn and walked up to the counter to see her name on the return address. Lo and behold, she was the principal of a local school! I wrote her a letter asking her what she would lecture a student who was caught doing what she herself did in the post office?! Teachers are parents must remember, teaching is by example.
I don't know any of the people who run schools, but my father A'H was in Auschwitz, and knew what a Kapo was. Please don't use this word to describe anyone. Feivish Smoke
This is big bs. Because if he feels this way let him expose her! It's not Kashin Harsh, unless he exposes her and try to do something about it, he is an accomplice and guilty just like her. It does NO GOOD to have such a drashah with out exposing the school and it's menaheles from hell
Big childish?! As we speak there is a "heimish" girls schools who's owner is NETORIOUS for charging the highest tuition, and then terrorizing the parents who struggle to pay on time. Ever6knows who it is, but NOBODY will do anything about it. As he is s hot headed Israeli every is scared of him. It is a bush's and a charpa that we let such a behaymah rule over our Yungerlite and their precious children. Where is our leadership!!
There are enough different tulyoes 9f schools. Anybody that fights to get into one particular school is just a ball galvanized so don't call the principal a Kapo. By the way ,a Kapoor is such a bad word that I would think somebody needs to ask her Mechila even if yiu dint agree
Rabbi Ribner’s initial Yesod that a person’s main tafkid is to work on what he finds difficult is actually a machalokes in the Achronim. Others say the opposite. A person main tafkid is to work on and grow in Mitzvos that he finds a natural tendency towards. Rav Yisroel Reisman asked Rav Pam why he says the second way more when as Rabbi Ribner pointed out the Gr’a says like the first way. Rav Pam answered that this really depends on the person involved. For people who are baaley madrageh their tafkid is to work on what they find difficult. For people who aren’t baaley madrageh their tafkid is to shtieg in what they have a leaning to. (For them true shteiging in anything can be difficult…)
Not contradictory. Avg. people may pick easier objectives they have affinity for early on,but the MAIN tafkid for them will eventually be what they still find most difficult
Will anything come from it. No! That woman has been destroying the lower girls in her school for years. Not sure how her and the owner of the school get away with it . Seems like when it comes to schools no one has the guts to stand up to them . The Daas Torah in this town are well aware of this particular problem for years.
It’s about time someone spoke up. Too many overly zealous and misguided women are promoted as leaders, despite not reflecting true Torah values. When these are the role models we present, it’s no surprise our youth are confused.
ReplyDeleteThe bigger avla is on the father who kept his daughter home for months to fight to get her into a school that is run by what this speaker calls a kapo.Why couldn't he send her to a less popular school which is not run by a kapo ,even if it means he won't have the so called kovod of getting his daughter into a more popular school . To me that is true hypocrisy, call people kapos and still fight to get your child into that school.There are enough less popular schools available that are not run by kapos
ReplyDeleteBecause the wrong school means bad shidduch.
DeleteFor the student and the rest of the siblings.
This is a very important point.
DeleteI was online at the post office a few years ago (It took a long time, but I'm not online anymore 馃様) and this woman was talking on her phone about a particular 讘转 讬砖专讗诇. I was flabbergasted that she was a) talking on the phone in public b) talking negatively in what seemed to be 诇砖讜谉 讛专注. I waited for her turn and walked up to the counter to see her name on the return address. Lo and behold, she was the principal of a local school! I wrote her a letter asking her what she would lecture a student who was caught doing what she herself did in the post office?! Teachers are parents must remember, teaching is by example.
ReplyDeleteI don't know any of the people who run schools, but my father A'H was in Auschwitz, and knew what a Kapo was. Please don't use this word to describe anyone.
DeleteFeivish Smoke
Ok.Had they been there they possibly would have rushed to join the Judenrat
DeleteThis is big bs. Because if he feels this way let him expose her! It's not Kashin Harsh, unless he exposes her and try to do something about it, he is an accomplice and guilty just like her. It does NO GOOD to have such a drashah with out exposing the school and it's menaheles from hell
ReplyDeleteBig childish?! As we speak there is a "heimish" girls schools who's owner is NETORIOUS for charging the highest tuition, and then terrorizing the parents who struggle to pay on time. Ever6knows who it is, but NOBODY will do anything about it. As he is s hot headed Israeli every is scared of him. It is a bush's and a charpa that we let such a behaymah rule over our Yungerlite and their precious children. Where is our leadership!!
ReplyDeleteThere are enough different tulyoes 9f schools. Anybody that fights to get into one particular school is just a ball galvanized so don't call the principal a Kapo. By the way ,a Kapoor is such a bad word that I would think somebody needs to ask her Mechila even if yiu dint agree
ReplyDeleteautocorrect is having a field day with these comments
DeleteRabbi Ribner’s initial Yesod that a person’s main tafkid is to work on what he finds difficult is actually a machalokes in the Achronim. Others say the opposite. A person main tafkid is to work on and grow in Mitzvos that he finds a natural tendency towards. Rav Yisroel Reisman asked Rav Pam why he says the second way more when as Rabbi Ribner pointed out the Gr’a says like the first way. Rav Pam answered that this really depends on the person involved. For people who are baaley madrageh their tafkid is to work on what they find difficult. For people who aren’t baaley madrageh their tafkid is to shtieg in what they have a leaning to. (For them true shteiging in anything can be difficult…)
ReplyDeleteNot contradictory.
DeleteAvg. people may pick easier objectives they have affinity for early on,but the MAIN tafkid for them will eventually be what they still find most difficult
Will anything come from it. No! That woman has been destroying the lower girls in her school for years. Not sure how her and the owner of the school get away with it . Seems like when it comes to schools no one has the guts to stand up to them . The Daas Torah in this town are well aware of this particular problem for years.
ReplyDeleteSo what does anybody send to that school if it'sp so bad
ReplyDeleteBecause she's good for shidduchim. Makes you rethink he shidduch system.
DeleteBut no one in Lakewood has the guts to rethink it
Makes no sense. If it's a bad school how can it be good for shiduchim ?
ReplyDelete