A new ad campaign featured on buses around Israel has sparked controversy, after quotations from the Lubavitcher Rebbe that some have called ‘misleading’ were featured, Arutz Sheva reports.
According to one of the quotes ascribed to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, “A woman traveling [here] must do so with her husband’s agreement, since a ‘proper woman does her husband’s will.'”
In fact, the accepted explanation of the quote in the Chabad movement is that a woman creates her husband’s will (the Hebrew word “osah” can be understood as doing submissively, or creating actively). In addition, the Lubavitcher Rebbe in the instance quoted was discussing a case in which a woman wished to travel from afar to Crown Heights, New York, to speak to the Rebbe, Arutz Sheva wrote.
The Rebbe often gave the same instruction to men, to get permission from their wives before traveling to New York for holidays.
It is not clear from the ads whether they are targeting married women who wish to travel to Crown Heights for the month of Tishrei alone without their families, or women who wish to accompany their husbands.
Each year, thousands of Israelis travel to New York and “the Rebbe” for the month of Tishrei, spending from 1 to up to 5 weeks in Crown Heights.
Meretz MKs Tamar Zandberg and Michal Rozin turned to the Supreme Court insisting that the campaign be investigated.
“This is an embarrassing, chauvinistic, and inciting campaign which encourages discriminating against women and tells women they are their husband’s property,” they said.
Even the title of the article is slightly exaggerated ie “Knesset member furious” I dont think he’s furious. I think hes trying to get attention like most leftists are.
That said, I think the ad is an extreme misrepresentation of the Rebbe which is not okay.
What system are you taking about the Rebbe was the system and his system is to go to rabonim and have a mashpia which your so called system destroyed no respect for rabonim and you are living in tecnecolor if you still think there is a system money money money is now the system……..
Our own fellow lubavitchers just done think twice whether they might be turning people of,or whether they might cause a resentment against the ŕebbe Chas vsholom
I guess,Seychel is important
How is this a Mishichist add there is no Yechi!
Actually I think anti-s ignore more of the Rebbes words, because it just doesnt make sense to their Gashmius eyes. Look at all the reconstructed Sichos
There are HUNDREDS of answers the other way. Who makes these ads and WHO gives them the right to pick and choose answers from the Rebbe, take them out of context, and be MERACHEK hundreds of people!!!
This is what happens when Lubavitch becomes hefker and everyone feels they can do what they want.
Does someone sit all day and think, “How can I turn people off from chasidus?”
This is the natural result of the breakdown in respect for the the Rebbe’s mosdos after Gimmel Tammuz. Die to the meshichists who decides they no longer had to follow the established protocol for who can represent Chabad and the Rebbe in print and other media.
Slowly those who scoffed are seeing the detriment they have caused and realize the wisdom of the system the Rebbe established. A bit late but never too late to do teshuvah
He’s been putting up these stupid ads for years
They use the Rebbe in such a way to promote their agenda but otherwise they have nothing to do with the Rebbe
Wonder how many people nowadays pay attention to the words of the kesuba that a husband ” will work honor, feed and support you in the custom of Jewish men”?
Not smart to make an ad out of this! Is it really necessary? Are Israeli women abandoning their families in droves to come to New York? What was the goal here? Quite the faux pas. I hope there will be full-on damage control by the perpetrators. Possibly with an ad wherein the Rebbe seeks the WIFE’s approval to go to NY. (This is what happens when people take the Rebbe’s private letters and apply them as blanket policies for all. We’ve seen it with go to college/don’t go to college. Sheitels only/hat is okay. Talk to your kallah/don’t talk to… Read more »
Pretty sick how people misconstrue and distort the words of Kedushas nasi b’doranu. Nothing new under the sun.
This was answered to a woman who insisted on coming to the Rebbe for Tishrei even though her husband didn’t want her to, and has caused a strain on their Sholom Bayis. Taking a private answer that was not a Teshuva Klolis and posting it on a public bus is extremely irresponsible and very misleading. The Rebbe emphasized more than once that not every answer of his is meant for everyone, and is based on the unique circumstances presented with the question. That being said, there are numerous answers for the Rebbe to HUSBANDS, instructing them not to come if… Read more »