Yeshiva Machane Israel computer smashing ceremony

[PoonBot5K]

That dude looks so surprised after he smashes it on the ground.

[jonasdk92]

If they don't like the computers, why do they buy them then? And I bet they broke it because they don't know how to delete their traces of visiting adult websites. Silly persons...

[PILMAN]

If I had a Toshiba, i'd probably smash it too, i've had 3 that have overheated and died on me. Sony Vaio FTW.

[HofeshHatodaha]

those are the ways of the fanatical religious people, who are blinded by their own system of belief.

for them there is no virtue greater then the "bible" the "talmod" or other religious Apologetics

[wisteela]

Stupid religious pricks with more money than sense.

[oxygen120]

Why they broke the computer???

[n977ll]

@oxygen120 They say that the computer causes a person to fall into sin.So this is their way of eradicating a object that causes sin.The computer owner willingly gave his computer to the Rabbi for the ceremony

[elitznef]

מסכנים..מקווה שההוא למעלה ירחם עליכם

[lionessofgd]

Do not condemn them for harming noone. Do not condemn this act, because I personally know that people that go to this Rosh Yeshiva and his wife come from very unsheltered and nonreligious lives of poverty and of wealth, of parties, professional success, and many more things that even the 'religious' (and definitely the secular) still engage in.

I commend the Rosh Yeshiva and his students for choosing a path that is their own.

[lionessofgd]

אחי, please remove the video of the respected Rosh Yeshiva, a person near and dear to my heart and soul, breaking the laptop computer. In this context of being on the Internet, it is a חילול השם.

חג שמח

[JaredRSydney]

This is pure waste. The computer should have been donated to another school or charity.

[WeilLife]

That's right. Drop Windows and go Mac!! Lol

[hamandil]

It's his own computer and prabably already broken THis is a baal teshuva yeshiva

[n977ll]

Its not his computer,read description.Its his talmids computer who agreed to have it trashed because he fell spiritually with it.There was an interview with the rabbi on Vosisnieas

[smadeintheshade]

At the very least, they could have sold it to a non-Jew and given the money as tzedakah to a needy Jewish family, nu?

[smadeintheshade]

I thought that Chassidus was all about elevating the sparks from the husks. Doesn't one do this by taking the mundane and elevating it to the sublime? It's a tool ... nothing more. Use it for good and eschew the potential for evil. Don't throw the baby out with the dirty bath water. If you've got issues, then deal with them. Why demonize a simple tool? Where's the tikkun nefesh in that? Take your Yetzer HaRa and subdue it; turn it into an oved HaShem.

[doz09]

Agree with you TOTALLY!!!!!

[sidefall]

There's something rather ironic about putting a video of this episode on YouTube. Incidentally, I think you could make a good case that destroying a computer is against halacha. Even if you take the view that owning one is forbidden (which I certainly don't), it could have been sold to a goy and the money used for tzedaka. There's is an environmental implication and I don't think unnecessary wastage of the earth's resources is acceptable.

[birmington]

זה פורים שפיל, אבל לא מוצלח במיוחד.

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[perrycox37]

good job, chareidim--classy showing as always.

[Elchanan13]

If you all are so small to think that the Jewish world does not have thier equal share of idiots, then you ought to be surprised. NEWSFLASH - the Christians do not have a monopoly on Morons. We have an equal share. There are disturbed bhuddists, Jainists and chinese people. A couple of nuts breaking a computer with a wall of books behind them that they cherish every 1 of which was created by computer makes them foolish. It doesnt make every Jew foolish, or put us all in a bad light. Get over it

[chaimaarongross]

you completely missed the point. not one of those "books" were written by someone with even the slightest trace of the internet or TV in their homes

[caretv]

Why dont they just grab a non religious jewish woman and stone her to death...oh and guess what - its just a purim shpiel......

The Iranians also closed access to the internet during the recent uprising and twitter has been banned off and on in China aswell.

This does not show us jews (religious or otherwise) in a good light - no matter which way you want to spin this.....

[theshomer]

Idiots who compare a guy disposing of his own private property to stoning are the ones who give Jews a bad name.

You are being intolerant and bigoted, as fully expected from a liberal.

[jde1757]

1. They could have sold the laptop and used it to feed a kollel family that receives government aid;

2. Aren't they afraid the evil spirit will escape from the box?

[n977ll]

this was not a Purim Shpiel.From where do you get your information?

[DJGelbart]

This is book burning for the modern era. To add insult to injury, computer owner's old habit of working for a living is viewed as a bad thing.

These people's behavior is disgraceful.

[evgeniy13]

I'm telling Skynet

[alansb]

Instead of breaking the computer, why not sell it and use the money for the yeshiva. This whole thing seems entirely senseless. It goes to show you that instead of dealing with the issues a computer can introduce in a torahdika home, rather beat it with a stick and not deal with the real problem. If an individual is using a computer for something bad it may indicate a depper problem. And guess what if someone wants to do something assur they will find a way to do it computer or no computer

[truthman521]

Here come the Jewish Talibans!!!

[saoak]

Disturbing to say the least..

[tawil89]

i wonder who they got to upload this video on to youtube...

[n977ll]

The owner of the computer made some copies of the ceremony & distributed them to friends.

[joeyfuts]

The guy in the end looks very mongol/khazarian.

[anatolesokol]

I like it) no, really)

[GorterPoss]

This is just the ceremony they perform when a hasidic Jews switches to Mac. T

[DavidDunwell]

@GorterPoss lol!

[Hotspur]

This makes me so ashamed to be Jewish. The people in the video are not real Jews. Real Jews contribute to society and work hard, they are productive members of society. These people are just leeches on society who cling pathetically to a made up religion, instead of embracing Judaism, a religion of modernity. Hopefully, they will fade out into history, because they are a blight on my religion.

[poshiteryid]

contribute to society ? meaning ? you rather they be on the internet luring some children or seeling drugs or learning how to make bombs and explosives? i do not say i think its right or work but i will say respect doesnt mean only what you think they are allowed to think differnetly

[yosefitche]

why did they at lease sell the damn thing?

Do you know how many children in Africa are dying to use a computer?!

[Wilbur665]

I would rather have a few crazy Rabbis smashing computers than a boat-load of Muslims beheading infidels for pretty much the same reason.

Oh, wait - we already have that... D'OH!

[poshiteryid]

I must say something iof it matters to anyone! number one he did it to someones computer that the guy wanted it to be done he seems maybe fanatical but for some reason for a man that has been for so many years a rosh yeshiva and no one dislikes him the guys look up to him etc showes you a bit of who he is. and no he is not one of those that claim to be a mekubal or mashiach etc etc i have a computer since i am able to type this but he is a man of great stature from what i hear! a bit respect!

[Aldarow]

שיא הטמטום. אבל מה עוד אפשר לצפות מאנשים חשוכים ולא מפותחים?

[Metoob18]

we've gone insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spare4mayer]

Ba'al tashchit?

[Metzlerguy98]

1) Irony much that a video of them destroying the computer is put on youtube?!

2) As a computer nerd, this pains me to watch

3) this shows the ignorance of the Charedi world, focusing on a mere tool rather than widespread societal problems. Its like destroying an hammer. Sure it can be used to kill, but it can also build

[Grey000]

Um, who put this on Youtube?

[n977ll]

The Yeshiva didnt put it up.The owner of the computer made some copies of the ceremony & distributed them

[chillllling]

Please don't generalize on the whole Chareidy world, most of us are not like that, this is just one Rabbi in a Yeshiva for baalei teshuva who I guess need to go to the opposite extreme before they can blend in.

And from one computer nerd to another, it was painful indeed, didn't look like a bad machine.

[Semitotal]

Should have smashed the video camera this video was being taken with.

[vosizneias]

What a load of bs