The Dreidel in front of 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn
1. I was walking through a pedestrian bridge between a parking garage and a building in Boston, there was a carded access from the garage into the building, while exiting the building was wide open. My friend remarked that it was just the opposite of a Las Vegas casino – “In casinos they lure you in through a grand entry but make finding an exit intentionally difficult. They want you spend more time and money inside”. I thought this was similar to a Chabad House – every entry is wide open but if you ever get to the point where you confuse the house with a home your exit will be difficult.
2. Las Vegas casinos and Chabad Houses offer free food and provide free lodging for the customers, to make sure they pay in gambling or donations while hoping for a supernatural event.
3. Both Chabad Houses and Las Vegas casinos were founded by the New Yorkers, Menachem Schneerson and Bugsy Siegel respectively.
4. In both Las Vegas Casino and Chabad Houses customers are in the dark about how the game is really played, hence the house always wins.
5. Both Las Vegas casinos and Chabad Houses are run by family clans (not a surprise that Shlomo Cunin who coined the name “Chabad House” considers Las Vegas “his territory”).
6. The primary purpose of every Chabad House and every casino is to shake all and any change from the customers. If you have no money to gamble both casinos and Chabad Houses will confuse you with room service.
7. If and when you crack the code of the game, then a casino security and a Chabad House will try to ban you from the premises.
8. You are likely to find plenty of liquid spirits in both.
9. Hispanic maids are likely to be found cleaning shit in both establishments.
10. Customers of Las Vegas casinos or Chabad Houses are too embarrassed to admit that they have been had and so what happens in a casino or a Chabad House, stays in casino and Chabad House!
Further Reading:
Our Master and Teacher Bugsy Siegel
Breaking News: Chabad Port-au-Prince
The Pink Flamingo House in Jerusalem
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Ben, always the anger . . .
contempt is a more accurate emotion
Listen you have the right to your emotions, but move on – don't get caught in your past, build a new future . . .
Speaking of moving on, there are many posts here on various subject that interest me. Somehow you have selected this post for a stupid remark. I will continue to write on multiple subjects that interest me. I don't remember you saying anything of value ever. So please move off my blogs.
I had forgotten the URLs for your new blogs . . . was browsing through old bookmarks and came here . . . there are many quality posts, which is why this one stuck out in its regressive nature.
I'm glad you don't recall me saying anything of value (perhaps, the times you linked to my blog aside) for to be honest, an empty blog like this filled with your now obviously unchanged belittling attitude and lacking any apparent network of followers, is hardly worth my time.
Wishing you to finally find some peace of mind
Just because holocaust happened long time ago does mean we should move on and stop talking about it and I always will.
I am finding amusing … and very true…
Thank you.
An outsider looking in can and will see what they want to, just like at a casino. the gambeler sees money and perks, the reality is its him losing money for a few shitty little bulk discount perks, that are beans in the pot of gold the house has. The casino has no clocks, no windows, its all an illusion. Chabad Lubavitch is far from an illusion. No one forces you to take it and no one opens you with open arms and stuffes you with perks when your playing the slot machines…exepet Chabad !
Dont confuse Chabad Lubavitch with gambeling, Vegas, or a casino. The house always wins! Chabad dosent. Yes we have our bad apples who are going to gambelers anonymous handing out free poker chips so the addicts hit the nearest casino. Nothing is perfect, every good thing is an empire in progress. So we weed out the bad apples, and fight all the battles that ultimatly win the war.
I am a perfect example, if I can finally be used as a bad one ;) …That Chabad Lubavitch dosent just latch onto people for there own selfish benefit. I am no jackpot and damn it I know it. I aint the house either.
My name is Leah kleim. I am a product of Chabad and proud of it. I think I have more Chabad history running through my veins than the average yichus filled family in crown Heights.
I doubt they accept and put up with me because I'm gonna bring in lots a loot for em, Actually I think I cost them a pretty penny.
The lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendle Schneerson said ….
“A person must be on fire—the fire of an alter burning up
the ego inside, bringing the animal close to the divine.
A large ego burning makes a lot of noise.
A small ego burns quietly”
Leah, I don't know what the Lubavitcher Rebbe said but I have to admit there are not as many whores at a Chabad House…
The Lubavitcher Rebbe said to “fight chutzpa with chutzpa” !!!
Ben, how long has the dreidel been there? I was there a little over a year ago with my nephew, who is one of their drones. It couldn't have been there, then; I'm pretty sure I would have noticed it!
I took that photo in February of 2005 and to my knowledge the dreidel is still in front of the museum (although I have not been there for a couple of years).
I must be getting oblivious in my old age!
The dreidel is still there
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I am the perfect mold of Chabad. Dont bash it.
Total agreement here, Leah Kleim is the perfect mold of Chabad.
Great article ; I grew up in Kinshasa, Congo (ex Zaire) ; there is a Chabad House there offering “free food” ; hoping to find a diamond dealer 's lost soul :)
Moise, I am so looking forward to hearing your Zair stories and really meeting you.