Racism In Judaism Needs To Stop

0:14Rabotai, I have right now a situation, a nightmare. A nightmare of nightmares. An avrech. An avrech. Just told us, Shem Yishmor V'Yatzil. This is an avrech for many years. One of our avrechim. Tzadik. Serious talmid chacham. Hishto tzadika, his wife, Shem Yishmor V'Yatzil, just had a miscarriage. And he said, "Oh, miscarriages happen, Rabbi. Not like this." Why is she having a miscarriage? From the amount of sadness and anxiety they've been experiencing over the last couple of months, trying to convince the yeshiva to accept their daughter to the seminary. They won't accept her. You think, oh, maybe she's not smart enough—best in class. Maybe there's too many people. No, plenty of room. Maybe they're not paying. No, they're paying.

1:26They scratch every penny to make sure they pay. No. Why? Why are they not accepting this little girl? A 12-year-old girl. Wonderful girl. Comes from a good house. To have such a home. Such tzaddikim. Parents. Such tzaddikim brothers and sisters. How come? His whole life is dedicated to Torah. Why? Everybody is going to have such people. Why don't they accept them? She's Sephardic. She's Sephardic. That's her flaw. She's Sephardic. That's it. And the menahel, he's Ashkenazi. So, no, no, no. She's Sephardic. Where is she not for you? She was here last year. She was in the school last year. It's not her first time. Yeah, yeah, no, but she's Sephardic. She doesn't fit. She's not good. She's not good. Not for us. For three months, they're trying to convince him. Let the girl go to school. Let the girl go to school. The girl's crying every single day. All her friends are going. Everybody. And it's not like, okay, so just I said to myself, I said to the Rav, you know, go find a different place.

2:40Let this guy go to the hell that he's setting up for himself. Tell your daughter to go somewhere else. He says it's impossible. Why? The closest other place is almost an hour away. They live in a dangerous neighborhood full of Arabs. You don't want your 12-year-old little girl coming home at 6 or 7 o'clock at night when it's dark and there are a bunch of Arabs everywhere. It's not exactly an idea of safety. So this is the only place that's near us. And he refused to let her in. So the girl hasn't been going to school. Can't go to school. Nothing. You think it's the only story? This is story number two just this week. Another one told me. They won't accept his kids. Why? The Sephardim. That's their chesaron. The Sephardim. Sephardi. No, you're like, you know, like, not from the same type. Not a Jew. Not a Jew. Unfortunately, Rabotai, this type of racism, this type of sinat chinam, is unfortunately running rampant even in Eretz HaKodesh. Even Eretz HaKodesh. Even there. And it's happening here too. It's happening everywhere. Why? Why is it? You guys really think it's because of the Ashkenazi?

3:55That's the excuse that Satan uses to make you think, oh, maybe if the Sephardim will start building yeshivot, that's the answer. No, it's not going to be the answer. Sephardim will give you problems too. Oh, so maybe I'll pretend like I'll be Ashkenazi, change my name like some people are doing. That's going to solve the problem? Not going to solve the problem. Satan is going to come up with a different thing. Different thing. What is it? Lack of kedusha. Lack of kedusha for the nation as a whole. Increased amount of tests, changed environment, difficulties coming to all of us. This is one of those times where a person needs to know if you're not going to have a rav that you're glued to, you're going to have a very difficult time surviving. Thank you.

5:36Thank you.