By COLlive reporter
Northern Iowa District Judge Linda Reade said Wednesday she will need more time to deliver a sentence for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin.
Testimonies began today and were scheduled to continue Thursday. A sentence was expected for Friday.
But the judge surprised the federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when she said she will need 3 to 4 weeks to decide.
While referencing US CODE: Title 18,3553. Imposition of a sentence, Reade said the verdict will be given in writing.
“To me it was encouraging,” Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar, founder of the Aleph Institute, which helps Jewish prisoners and military personnel, told COLlive.com.
“She realized that it is not a simple thing,” said Lipskar, who took the stand today as a character witness for Rubashkin.
A few hundred Jews arrived for the sentencing and a second court room was designated for all the visitors.
“Only the lawyers, witnesses and the family are allowed in,” he said and noted that “it was a strong day of testimony – most in favor of Sholom Mordechai.”
“I felt it was very positive and feel less bleak about (the case),” added Rabbi Lipskar, who is also the spiritual leader of The Shul in Bal Harbour, Florida.
He said the judge “was respectful and listened carefully to my testimony.”
A Chassidic Farbrengen will be held tonight in one of the hotels where the Jewish visitors are staying to mark Iyar 14, “the second Passover,” the theme of which is ‘It’s never too late.’
MAY HASHEM CONTINUE TO HELP AND MAY WE ALL SEE SIMCHAOS BIMHEIRA BIYAMENU! AMEN!!
There should be a 24-hr vigil outside either the courtroom or the judges’ house, with bachurim by the hundreds taking time off from yeshiva to learn and pray (peacefully) in these public places. Can this be organized?
barach hashem
I agree, it would be great if the article linked in #46 could be sent to the judge.
But i dont think it is necessary to add “y’mach shema” after her name.
The judge has done nothing wrong to need Hashem to obliterate her name.
It is the unfair gzeira of a life sentence which needs to be destoyed.
So on the contrary – we NEED the judge, as she has been chosen by Hashem to iyh be the one to take the gzeira and destroy it.
Three weeks is Shavuot
just daven and soon he will be out of jail we have to have a lot of achdus
moshiach now!!!
pray and if thats
hard imagine it was you
how can we forward comment #46 article to linda reade yimach shemom?
THIS SHOWS HASHEM IS GIVING US MORE HOPE! DAVEN DAVEN DAVEN!
This is definitely a good sign! There is no doubt that Hashem will respond to all our Achdus and Hachlatos and we will soon celebrate the grand Seudas Hodaah when we hear the good news!
We are coming up to the holiday of Shavuous. I think to myself, HaShem works in strange ways. We are all aware of this. So, what’s to say He’s not doing the same thing to Rubashkin and Madoff and any other Jews suffering in Golus (all of us), just like in the days “when we left Mitzriyim” (spelling?). We had to prepare ourselves for the receiving of the Torah. Most of us know the story of what the Jews went through, maybe some of us don’t. The bottom line is, HaShem is working on us all and just like the… Read more »
borcheinu avinu kulonu k’echad!
You couldn’t have said it better. Now everyone has a chance to reach the goals and do extra. We all have a tendency to push things off till there’s real pressure on us: People didn’t feel the urgency of the trial until it started, people didn’t realize the magnitude of the sentencing till a few weeks before, when reality set in and we all became frantic. In the last couple of days, I think all of us have been doing something extra and we should not let that die down, we should keep it up, with the same momentum and… Read more »
Another point may be – הואיל ואידחי אידחי, which is also brought in Chazal. It’s nice to see information presented on these maamorei Rabboseinu.
V’haIkar – that R’ SM (and anyone who needs a yeshua, including the bochrim in Japan and gilad shalit) zohl gein min hameitzar el haMerchav – b’tov hanireh v’hanigleh!
Perhaps an apropos saying in addition to כל עכבה לטובה is בת דינא, בטל דינא — “when judgment is delayed, it loses its effectiveness” (see Sanhedrin 95:1). This saying is also quoted by the Rebbe for the proposition that harsh judgments lose effectiveness with delay. May the judgment in this case lose its effectiveness entirely and then be transformed for the good!
http://gazetteonline.com/opinion/guest-columns/2010/04/29/life-sentence-disproportionate-to-rubashkin%e2%80%99s-crimes
The good news is we have another 4 weeks to work behind the scenes (if possible.) The bad news is he has to be tortured another 4 weeks? Only a man of tremendous strength of character can withstand such terrible conditions. I bet Bernie Madoff has a pillow & blanket in his cell.
I’m not one to scream conspiracy, but the disproportionate rulings & conditions for a frum Jew versus the rest are horrific. This is America??? Where is the anti-Arizona rabble now, shrieking about Nazis? They’re not in Arizona. They’re in the “judicial” system in Iowa.
We are all with you all the way, davening, hoping for gute besuros and thinking of you and all your precious kinderlach. May Hashem return your husband to you bekorov mamash, mamash, and may all the pain be erased. The example of goodness that you and your husband represent has inspired thousands of yidden worldwide. Be strong…. We love you!
Leah N, Sweden
Tachlis: in 3 or 4 weeks, we can put on Tfillin with thousands more people, say thousands and million more kapitlach of Tehillim, do many more Mitzvos, and I as a shlucha will make a Hachlata in Public that I will try, IY”H, to bring 5 new ladies in my community to do her special Mitzvah, and we will all have the Zechus to see with our eyes what all our Mitzvos and good deeds accomplish.
I read in a letter from the Rebbe that even though there is not a known source for “kol akava l’tovah”, since it has been accepted and said by Yidden for many generations we accept is as valid. I once had a court case with many delays and in the end the verdict handed down was in my favor. This was regarding an inyan that “bderech ha teva” I had very little chance of winning. The Rebbe gave brachos in Igros Kodesh almost every step of the way. As soon as I read that the judge was delaying sentencing, I… Read more »
re 37. The Rebbe clearly states that he is aware of its use, an e.g. would be the Chida. The question still is, what is the source of the phrase/concept that all delays are good? To this the Rebbe says that he has not found a makor for it in seforim. Perhaps the following will clarify: We all know the pisgom “Tracht gut vey zain gut” (Thinking good makes things good). What is the makor of this idea? In the first sicha of vol 36 the Rebbe explains it at length. If you follow the foot notes you’ll see that… Read more »
amazing i think all yeshivos should make this hashkem thing untill the verdict comes out
i learned in postville and remember that he said the whole tehilim every day
Your explenation is flawed as it does not respect the federal rules of evidence. Charactor evedence is permited when raised by the defence. Also, this is a sentancing trial, aggravating and mitigating evedence is very important and ones charactor is just the type of evedence the court is looking for!
I don’t claim to be a major mayvin on this, but here’s from the Rebbe’s letter (Igros, 10 Tammuz 5712):
נ”ב: מזכיר במכ’ פתגם,
כל עכבה לטובה, זה מכבר מחפש אני מקור פתגם זה בספרות ישראל, ועדיין לא מצאתי.
However, the Chida in his diary in “Maagal Tov” uses this phrase several times (others preceding him as well) – it must’ve been used more in Sfardishe circles..
below is a letter with a idea of a zchus for sholom mordechai I was zoche to learn in the mesifta of Postville all 3 years of yeshivah and can clearly attest to the many acts of chesed that sholom mordechai carried out on a day to day basis. Weather it was monetary aid or a sympathetic ear to what seemed to us as major issues, he always wanted to help. I would like to mention one of the many: It happened one motzoei shaboss early in the year at the melaveh malkah which sholom mordechai had with the bochurim,… Read more »
brhs said the whole tehillim hundreds of times (without exageration!!!!!)
Thank G-D I feel our efforts are helping.
We must continue,and from that we can learn a lesson that if we pray really hard for moshiach to come ,and make efforts like in this case,MOSHIACH WILL COME.
one of the answers is to realize that the one who has to change is not the other guy, its yourself, each of us. that is achdus. learning how to have REAL ahavas yisroel
no one mention the real fact……..the reson sholm is getting a chance ,is becuse of the psak from the rabonim , and the sholm they workd out 4 peace among chasidem , that the point , iam not a shliac or a chosid the way iam sposed to be just a plain jew who learnd in ohilely torah , on troy ave , and this how i was taught how to look at the big picture , the rebba loves me and that wat counts
maybe now that we have a coalition for the yid rubashkinwe can continue the coalition for other less known yidinin need of simmillar help and pr
teiery breider, teiery breider,(dear brothers
one of our brothers is in trouble. Do more. more tehilim, more teffilin, more good deeds, more ahavas yisroel, more of everything when you brother is in trouble you just do what you can.
we can break through this gezera as we have thousands of gezeros during thousands of years.
besuros tovos
this case is proof that we can have achdus together…yidden from ALL walks of life are united and daavening here…we can keep it up and bring the protisdike and klalisdike geulah NOW!
I don’t see the good here at all. wasn’t this sentence supposed to happen last December? Let me remind you that an appeal cn only take place after the verdict is out so the later it is given out the later he can appeal, secondly a prison after sentencing is much more pleasant than where he is now, I think they were hoping to see the light now and not in four weeks. I think Hashem is enjoying our achdus and wants more of it.
we must keep the pressure on!!! thats all the politicians, judges and gov. fear. negative publicity.
keep up the good work and keep getting the message out there. we must not stop now.
Let put on as much Teffillin on everyone may 2,2010 Regarding Rubashkin,who is a Wonderful person. Lets have 25,000 Teffillin done on Sunday,we can do it.
Jeffrey ben Mary Davis
Just like on Purim, it looks as if three weeks were given because the judge (who has no bechirah) decided so, the emes is, that the heavans are waiting for a few more tefilos, a little more of giving of one to another etc etc.
will keep the masses busy while convincing themsleves they are doing something good. a lot of good karma. but all still sits in reade’s lap. er, no. she’s not jewish, so her decision is entirely crafted by hkb’h. now since he is all good, what do we and SMR have to worry about?
Where is that quote from & what does it mean?
everyone keep davening and doing all the amazing things together beachdus. hashem and the rebbe is with us all…..
I don’t think that anyone can read in to it based on what was really going on in that court room. Instead of guessing and making statements about it just wait and see
there is no indications in any direction why the judge asked for more time to decide in this case so why jump to conclusions and make statements that may make you eat your hat at the end
Let’s pray for good and think positive but how about stop talking
m´zol nor hern besurois toivois
“hoeil shenidche yidche”
BS:D
The key is her comment to make a written decision, this is not at all positive, when a judge does not want to be confronted with the reaction from an adverse decision they postpone the result and say you will get a written decision
ON THE CONTRARY NOW IS THE TIME TO PRAY HARDER
kol akava letova is from the torah?
unless u mean it is qouted in torah, quite recently, ( i think the rebbe mayhave qouted it. it’s source is unknown, possibly not jewish)
HaNistaros LaHashem… But according to legal theory, is this postponement a positive move? Does she thing that Sholom Mordechai’s advocates and friends will give up the campaign and lose the momentum chvsh? Nebach, SM is back to his gehennom cell.
Baruch Hashem
Kol Akavah Letovah – EVERY DELAYING IS FOR THE GOOD. Fact. This pasuk is from the Torah. Learn more, daven more, say more tehillim, put on tefillin. Keep doing what you’re doing. We will win the war, tayere shluchim, anash, family, friends, and supporters around the world. We will bring Sholom home.
what do you mean “jury”? there was no jury here, just testimony – please explain.
so he can sit in jail for longer? oy hashem!
lets try 2 get him out on bail again!
technically she can send out the jury during any testimony so she can hear it first and then deem it relevant or not … if it is about good character etc she may deem it extraneous/not pertaining directly to the case and choose for the jurors to not hear it. she can also choose to bring them back in and have the testimony repeated if she wishes.
Will he still be in jail all this time during the sentencing?
can’t wait to hear the good news!!!! Shalom Mordechai will return to his family and our community….
may we hear more very soon!
“Tracht Gut Vet zine Gut”
Sound encouraging.
Who knows why the judge, when asked by the prosecutor, sent the jury out of the court room twice and refused to hear testimony favorable to Rubashkin?
Is this legal?
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More time means more time to pray, and change things for the better
lomir hoffen nor oif gutes
Moshiach Now
LETS ALL HAVE ACHDUSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHAVAS YISRAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!
who knows what she has planned. all we have to do is daven and say tehillim and daven and hope for the best
this is good news. it can only get better IYH. our Tefillos are working. she is slowly moving in the right direction. we must not stopped to we will hear the complete good news.