Today is the 47th Yahrtzeit of the holy Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, founder of Satmar. From the ashes of the Holocaust, the Rebbe rebuilt a broken remnant into the largest Hasidic community in the world. A giant in Torah and chesed, he stood firmly and uncompromisingly against Zionism

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and authored his holy seforim, Divrei Yoel,Vayoel Moshe and Al HaGeulah. He built a legendary network of chesed and taught his Hasidim never to turn away a human in need. 47 years later, his Torah, chesed, and teachings live on in hundreds of thousands of Satmar families & beyond
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47 years later, his Torah, chesed and teachings live on in hundreds of thousands of Satmar families and beyond, worldwide, under the leadership of his successor, the Satmar Grand Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, שליט״א זכר צדיק וקדוש לברכה — זכותו יגן עלינו
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Replying to @MoishIndig
This disgusting creature was in the Kolozvar ghetto with my grandfather and his family—most were killed at Auschwitz. Your Rebbe left his people to die like rats. May his memory be erased.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Funny how you forgot to mention that he was saved from the Holocaust by Zionists such as Rudolf Kastner. Ever hear of הכרת הטוב?….
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Replying to @MoishIndig
That's my great-grandfather facing away standing. I had never seen any colorized photos from that protest. Are there more?!
Interesting color photo from a Hasidic anti-Israel/anti-Zionist protest from 1954! The person standing facing away, next to the empty chair, is my paternal great-grandfather. Here is a (B/W) photo from the same protest, with my great-grandfather speaking:
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Replying to @MoishIndig
The Satmar Rebbe was religiously anti-Zionist, but he always condemned Jews like Indig who aligned with Israel's enemies and harmed other Jews.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Yes, and a special hakoras hatov to Rudolf Kastner, Chairman of the Hungarian Zionist Association for facilitating the rescue.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Don't conflate religious anti-Zionism with political anti-Zionism, which is antisemitism.
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He was anti-Zionist, but wasn’t pro-Palestinian.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
He was a net negative on Judaism
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Joel Teitelbaum was the founder of the Satmar branch of Hasidic Judaism. He told his followers to ignore the Nazi threat & urged them not to immigrate. When things got to hot, he moved to the US himself & left his followers behind. 30000 of his sect died in the ovens of Auschwitz
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Dirty shtetl satmar. Went like lambs to the slaughter in the Shoah and would have us all follow the same fate again. They’re pigs.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
But in the עולם האמת he now knows he was wrong.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Yet he still made a terrible decision to sit at a table with an atrociously tacky green tablecloth. The shande. Separately: you should add "nation" to the end of your surname. Would be most fitting for you.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
“holy” is not the title I would attach to people who constantly maligned anyone who are perceived to be less religious than themselves
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Thanks to the Kastner Train 😉
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Replying to @MoishIndig
From the ashes of his followers, whom he told to stay put, while he escaped by means of Zionist intervention*
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Replying to @MoishIndig
When is Hatzadik Rudolf Kastner's yartzeit?
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Replying to @MoishIndig
From a religious Jewish perspective, the Rebbe rejected the Zionist movement but did not support anti-semitic anti-Zionists. The Rebbe knew how to distinguish well between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. The Rebbe would pray for the safety of the IDF soldiers and the people in Israel and never in his life did he support the Palestinians.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
The rebbe’s legacy lies in the community he built, not his antizionism (where is the legacy in that?) In as much as ahavas Yisroel was a foundation of the community he built & have the worlds Jews now live in israel, a good chunk of his community is now softly zionist to some degree now It’s worth noting that his rough contemporary, Chabad’s frierdiker rebbe, was equally antizionist, but chabad (for similar reasons) moved in a more zionist direction under his successor That Satmar has not moved in the same way is largely a function of its divided and weak leadership and so no one with the standing
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Only one time in his life he wasn’t against Zionism when they saved him from the ashes from his chasidim and brought him to the Zionistic israel.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Relax. Mamdani will send you money. You made your deal. You don’t need to go overboard. Disgusting.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Saved by the Zionists and abandoned his flock to die.
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MAY HIS HOLY MEMORY BE A BLESSING FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AND FOR ALL OF MANKIND!
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Replying to @MoishIndig
You oppose zionism bc of a misunderstanding of the words of the Talmud. They oppose Zionism bc it's the only politically accepted way to spew Jew hatred. These jew haters are more then happy to have you as their useful idiots
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Replying to @MoishIndig
He taught you how to suck muslim nazi cock for government handouts? You kapo piece of shit.
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Replying to @MoishIndig
And now you go and disgrace the torah as you support antisemites. Bc of money ?
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הוא ברח מהנאצים. והשאיר את חסידיו להשרף באושוויץ. אח״כ היה עסוק בשנאה נגד עם ישראל ומדינת ישראל היום הם תומכים במאמדאני ורבים בינם לבין עצמם. על כסף וכבוד
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Replying to @MoishIndig
a very holy man @InnaVernikov @HikindDov just dont get the evils ì Zionism
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Replying to @MoishIndig
And he said never to join with the Arabs when protesting Zionism, are his wishes still honored?
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Replying to @MoishIndig
How's your bro Zoharn doing?
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Ah so your hate of Israel is out in the open now. Your cozying up to every Israel and Jew hater makes all the more sense now. You’re a disgrace to Judaism
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Replying to @MoishIndig
Golden calf worshipper
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