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Election Fraud in 1800s Jewish Community

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven Short Torah Clips

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People today are going crazy over this election fraud or allegations of fraud as if it's the first time. Austria, late 1800s. A book by name of Sefer Buchara Buchach Sefer Buchach publicized by Am Oved Yisrael Cohen. In it has a story of an election in a Jewish community in Austria between two people, Dr. Moshe Chaim Bloch and Dr. Emil Bick. Both Jews fighting for position. Dr. Bick was very rich but not so Jewish. If he had as much Judaism as he did money, but it was the opposite. Born Jewish but not very religious. Dr. Bloch, on the other hand, election starts. Dr. Bick spends an enormous amount of money to get the votes of people. In the beginning he was winning the election but he saw some magical thing happened where on the second day everything turned around and the Jewish people elected Dr. Bloch. Dr. Bick did not like this very much and pressed charges. What? Election Saying several accounts there was fraud in this election where they got the votes of dead people. They got some people to vote multiple times. Sounds familiar? And a few other things. They brought it to the parliament. Surely Dr. Bloch and his people defended themselves and in the case proved that there was election fraud. But not by them, rather by Dr. Bloch himself that's trying to tell him there's election fraud. The parliament confirmed after an investigation and gave the election win let the election win by Dr. Bloch stay. A year later, election again. Same exact thing happens. Dr. Bloch wins again. From here someone that's listening for a first time not familiar with say wow, amazing. Wow, lucky guy. Torah world standard. Why? They're rules in the world. David Hamelech says in Psalm 101 verse 7. David Hamelech says in the midst of my house shall not dwell a practitioner of deceit. Someone likes to sell stories to people, falsehood, all types of nonsense says not welcome in my house David Hamelech says. One who tells lies shall not be established before my eyes, meaning if he's a liar, I don't even want to see him. I can't stand him. Gemara Shabbat page 149B and also 14B says that himself implements the same exact rules for himself. Meaning sees a guy is lying, a girl that's a liar, he says I can't stand you. You're considered an abomination. Hashem does not want to talk or look at liars. He can't stand them. As the Gemara in page 42A says Rabbi says four classes of sinners do not receive the divine presence. Meaning even if they fulfill mitzvot, even if they keep Shabbat, even if they learn a lot of Torah and they do good things, but if they do these things, wants no part of them. Who are these people? Class of scoffers, people like to make fun of the rabbis and the Torah. Ah, this guy's an idiot. No, he's extreme, fanatic. Somebody like that, God wants no part of them. Class of flatterers, people like to say hey how are you to everybody? The same Gemara says, Rabbi Lazar says, any congregation that has flattery in it will eventually go into the exile. If the rabbi of the congregation says everybody's righteous, everybody's don't worry, Hashem loves you the way you are, says you tell everybody where they are, this synagogue, this community will not survive. Will not survive. Shekhinah is not there. You're playing, there's no Shekhinah there. Yeah, but the guy's religious. Pick a different shul if you're religious. Because the people that are flatterers, will never see the Shekhinah. Liars. People that are liars will never see the Shekhinah. If I lied one time in my life, am I considered that? No, it says liars, meaning that you're constantly doing it. And last but not least, the class of those who speak You got something juicy about somebody you like to talk about it all the time, other people's business, other people's property, you make it your own your own your own life to do it, not a good idea. Not a good idea at all. Why? If you like to speak You like to kiss up to people, you like to lie, you like to make fun of the rabbis, you like to make fun of the you like to make fun of the Torah, says I want nothing to do with you. Nothing. Every Jew must remember that he is a Jew and she is a Jew. We do not celebrate non-Jewish holidays even if they seem harmless. It is a a disrespect to the Torah and it to a desecration of God's name. Stick to our holy Torah and our own holidays. That is the path of a true Jew.