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Thursday17 Kislev 578112/3/2020

ReportFrom: Moishy M
Received from a reader
The facts about the Fielder law

The old law indeed did not spell out which secular subjects, or how much of them, each institution must teach, because there was no need to!
The law clearly wrote that the studies in the institutions must be 'substantially equivalent', which in Yiddish is translated as 'more or less the same' or 'very similar' to the studies in the public schools.

For many years the government looked away from the fact that these subjects were not being taught, and the institutions taught only the minimum, as our Rebbeim of holy memory taught us.

But, unfortunately, the verse 'Your enemies shall descend upon you, from you and among you' was fulfilled, and the government began receiving complaints against 28 institutions, supposedly in the name of parents who have children in the institutions, that not all the subjects required by law are being taught.
After receiving the complaints, the government could no longer look away, and had to take up the matter with the Torah institutions and ask them why they are not complying with the law by teaching all the subjects.
Here is how it turned out:
1) The law requires that 'more or less' the same secular studies as the public schools be taught.
2) The authority over this is the Education Department.
The askanim were of course shaken by the new decrees against the chinuch of our children, but after a short conversation with attorneys it became clear that the government has the legal power to demand all the subjects, and the askanim were at a loss.
This is where the 'Fielder Amendment' came in, which established that with the chasidic institutions one should not look at whether the 'studies' are 'substantially equivalent', but rather whether the 'results' are 'substantially equivalent'. That is:
1) One should look at whether, from the entire learning program together (Yiddish and English), the students emerge with normal common sense to make rational decisions (critical thinking), which the Gemara provides, and there is no need to add more secular studies.
2) They learn to read English.
3) They learn arithmetic.
4) They learn history.
5) Science.
For yeshivos ketanos, it requires looking at whether they provide a 'basic education'.
The original wording of the law demanded two more things which unfortunately did not succeed,
1) That the government should not be able to demand more subjects from the Torah institutions (in the actual law the words 'but not limited to' were inserted [but not restricted to (the subjects), meaning the government 'may' demand more]
2) They wanted to establish an extra body to oversee the Torah institutions so that it would not lie in the hands of the Education Department. [In practice this was changed so that it remains with the Education Department.]
Now let us look at the claims of the dreamer.
1) The law says what must be taught: it always used to say so (not as clearly because there was no need; it demanded exactly like the public schools and that was it, there was no need to write out all the details)
2) Same thing
3) It gives power to the commissioner: she always had it.
4) It says they are not limited to demanding only the subjects: they were never limited.
5) Same as number 3
But if you look you will see that claim number 4 contradicts claim number 1, because the law states that she is not obligated to consider only the subjects, but 'she may also demand everything that is demanded by the general law!!!' (the Fielder law is not a law unto itself; it is an addition to the general education law and says that the Torah institutions need not teach everything the general law requires [which until now was indeed required by law], and the added words said that the institutions may also be obligated to teach what is required by the general law [which is exactly as until now])
In short, it comes out like this: the law demands 'less' of the institutions than until now, and adds that if the government wants, it can demand 'more' than the Fielder law and 'add' also the 'law until now', so it turns out that most of the previous law was removed and the government was given the possibility of returning to the previous law, but no power or
subjects were added.
I could have begun this piece with a headline: Horror! See etc. etc. etc., but since these are clearly words of truth, there is no need to add drama like those who try to sell noodles together with the Washington Bridge, who must write dramatic words to confuse minds so that people will not catch what nonsense they are writing, because otherwise they have no chance that the public will buy their noodles against the clear reality.
Now, the reason they are so agitated is that they thought they were winners either way: if R' Aharon (Mahara) Mittstein joined them in the struggle, good, and if he did not join, he would be added to the long list of 'anti-people' and they would smear him and tear him down for lining up with the Sikrikim [although in this respect they are in fact experienced, and we must understand them, because they still eat the leftovers of Mittstein with the Sikrikim in matters of the draft, technology, eiruv, matzos, meat, etc., since they know of no middle path; if the Steinmanists say there is no trace of the draft, they shout that people are being grabbed in the streets, although the reality is neither this nor that; if there is a problem with technology, they think there is no choice but to go to the Kinus Klal Yisroel, aside from the problems, etc.] Therefore, when Mahara took the path that goes with reality, not extreme right or left, they jumped out of their skin.
But in jumping out of their skin they deviated from the usual rule for a liar, namely: he needs a good memory. They forgot how they explained with such freshness that those who claim that the rabbonim or askanim do not mean Yiddishkeit are completely twisted; they even published a whole Purim booklet to prove this (where they could not write what Common Core is, only what it is not...)
Incidentally, they write there in the booklet that 'no single non-Jewish standard is any good' and that 'no one ever looked at which standard the book was written to'. Well, if so, what was the uproar about? Why must all of Klal Yisroel be dragged into a commotion over books if it does not apply to anyone? Let us say it is not heresy; well, if some idlers decided that it is heresy to switch books, there is no difference to which standard one teaches, is there? Why, when a gadol b'Yisroel came out against Common Core, did you come out against him? There is no difference at all, and moreover! You claim there in the booklet that today's books are exactly like the books until now; well, that is exactly what Mahara said, that nothing will be changed!!!
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for our holy mosdos in Kiryas Joel, with their more than 10,000 children, bli ayin hara.

#9
Who was not inspired by the "heartfelt Niggun Bald," among the other heartfelt niggunim that were so wonderfully sung on the "Yungerlich" CD?

This time we will be able to hear it "live," because the sweet boys of "Yungerlich" will, IY"H, come to the grand dinner and present moving melodies together with the "Shira" choir.

In these days a rare "Avos U'Banim" program is taking place, as the fathers' choir sits together with the children's choir... and they test each other on their chapters of Perek Shira, with great proficiency.
Come on time, because they are just about to arrive...
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HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Yitzchak Stern honored with bentching
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The Rebbe shlit"a in conversation with his close friend, the great Gaon, the Dayan and Moreh Tzedek of Kiryas Joel shlit"a
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The kindnesses of Hashem never cease!!
Dancing in gratitude for the kindnesses of Hashem and the difficult months
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HaRav HaChassid, who gladdens Hashem and people, R' Hershel Friedman, expresses his heartfelt feelings and gratitude to Chevra Hatzalah, along with humorous remarks in honor of the simcha.
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HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, rebbi in the holy yeshiva and dayan of Chevra Hatzalah, speaks.
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HaRav HaChassid R' Avrohom Meir Miller, one of the Hatzalah members, speaks.
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Sheva Brachos celebration in our holy courts, convened by the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a for the members of Chevra Hatzalah of the holy kehilla of Kiryas Joel

The Rebbe shlit"a delivering heartfelt words of Torah to the Hatzalah members
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A letter from HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Meir Eliezer Friedman shlit"a, author of "Kerias Shema K'Tikunah" and rebbi in our yeshiva "Mesivta HaKedoshah," especially for the talmidim of the yeshiva, to be careful to read Krias Shema at its proper time, during the days that he sits shiva, l"a, and cannot carry on with the holy work.
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Nichum aveilim at HaGaon Rabbi Meir Eliezer Friedman shlit"a, rebbi in our yeshiva "Mesivta HaKedoshah" - he is sitting shiva for his mother, the esteemed and aged woman a"h, until Sunday morning, Parshas Vayishlach.
In Kiryas Joel
3 Buchanan Ct. #105
until 10:00 at night
In Williamsburg on Thursday, Parshas Vayishlach
112 Wallabout St. #3-B
from 12:00 until 9:00 at night.
845-662-6744
Besuros tovos.
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"A Taste Seeping Out From the Dinner Headquarters"
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for our holy mosdos of Kiryas Joel, with their more than 10,000 children, may they live and be well.

#8
Not with Kol Mevaser, not with election news, and not with scare tactics can one instill a delicious Jewish vitality in the children and bochurim. Everyone really knows this. But then with what?

The wonderful educator and brilliant speaker HaGaon Rabbi Mordechai Shiff shlit"a, son of the Antwerp Rav shlit"a, will, IY"H, explain to you various holy matters and how one can instill in them a holy vitality, so that they do what they need to do, with liveliness.

But you can easily miss it... It starts at exactly 9:00. If you arrive around nine thirty, you will see only how a multitude of people listens with attentive ears to "Umalkeinu berosheinu bimheira beyameinu, Amen!" - such a pity...

Wednesday16 Kislev 578112/2/2020

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The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin today at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Yisroel Boruch Herskowitz of Kiryas Joel and R' Michael Moshe Brill of Kiryas Joel, at Kinor David hall,
and at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Menachem Mendel Goldstein of Kiryas Joel and HaGaon Rabbi Yechezkel Yehuda Glickman, Av Beis Din of Radishitz, of Kiryas Joel, at Beis Rochel Paradise hall.
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The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis today in Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek in Kiryas Joel. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bochur Yosef Mordechai, son of R' Moshe Kahana, who is becoming a bar mitzvah.
Report
"A Taste Seeping Out From the Dinner Headquarters"
Brief glimpses of the preparations for the grand dinner "Bnafshi," in the presence of a large crowd, "on the designated night," Henkin Auditorium in Kiryas Joel
for our holy mosdos of Kiryas Joel, with their more than 10,000 children, may they live and be well.

#7
No, nobody wants to replay "Corona school" again... But in reality, that is how it was in all generations, there was no school for girls. So what changed after the war?

Why did the Rebbe, zy"a, completely change the order in this matter and establish a "Beis Rochel"? What were his countless but unbending principles for running the school? And what interesting episodes took place during the founding of the Satmar girls' schools in all the neighborhoods?

You will not hear this at the dinner, but you will read it in the splendid new sefer "Bivnoseinu Neilech," which will, IY"H, be distributed to all participants of $360 and up.
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Building Fund Update
To glorify and exalt the house of Hashem
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Ceremony of affixing a mezuzah, opening of the gates, and beginning the writing of a Sefer Torah
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"Gelbstein Building" - Cascade neighborhood
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The voice of joy and salvation in the tents of the righteous
Today, the bris milah of a grandson of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a is taking place, a son born to his grandson HaRav Lipa Ashkenazi, in Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek in Kiryas Joel

Shacharis at 9:30, followed by the bris and the seudas bris, headed by the great-grandfather, the Rebbe shlit"a
Rejoice and be glad in the Rebbe's simcha!
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"Tasting Samples Flowing From the Dinner Headquarters"
Brief greetings from the preparations for the grand dinner "B'nafshi" — in the presence of a large assembly, "on the designated night" Henkin Auditorium in Kiryas Joel
for our holy institutions of Kiryas Joel, with their more than 10,000 children, bli ayin hara.

#6
What do you think? Should we take the world's juiciest chairman, "R' Meir Mordechai Berkowitz," once again, or not?

We are asking your opinion mainly for the coming year, the dinner of the year 5782 (Moshiach should certainly be here before then), because for this year's dinner he has already been called... based on the countless Yidden who requested it over the last few years, again and again.

R' Meir Mordechai is always a pleasure to hear, but now, after "a long period during which almost no big dinners took place" where one could hear him, it will, b'ezras Hashem, be even more enjoyable. "He has a lot to tell us"...
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Yesterday, Monday, askanim of Chabad entered the Rebbe's room, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, in connection with the upcoming hachnasas sefer Torah next Sunday in Crown Heights, of the Torah scroll that was written during the days of the pandemic to halt the plague. The Rebbe wrote in a letter.
"And now, write for yourselves this song!"
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