Rapper Kanye West — who released a song praising Adolf Hitler earlier this year — made a groveling apology to a New York City rabbi and said he is taking “accountability” for his bizarre antisemitic streak, which he blamed on mental illness.
West, who now goes by Ye, told prominent celebrity Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto on Tuesday he had “profound remorse” for his laundry list of antisemitic remarks that triggered global outrage and cost him major business partnerships, video shared on social media shows.
“I feel really blessed to be able to sit here with you today and just take accountability,” West told the rabbi. “I was dealing with some various issues of bipolar, so it would take the ideas I had and have me take them to an extreme where I would forget about the protection of the people around me or and myself."
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Kayne West goes to R' Pinto to confess and ask forgiveness. No partition in between them like in church when the person confesses [at least that is how it is in the movies]. This allows them to hold hands the entire time.
K: I have bi-polar. [Everybody with bi-polar loves Hitler????]
Translator: הכושי אומר שהוא חולה נפש.
R' Pinto nods.
K: I made a mess, I wanna clean it up.
Translator: הכושי אומר שהוא עשה בלאגן ורוצה לעשות סדר.
R' Pinto nods.
K: I am sorry for all the bad things I said.
Translator: הכושי מבקש סליחה כאילו שאתה כומר ויש לך סמכות לסלוח לו.
R' Pinto nods.
The video is turned off.
K writes a check for a million dollars and gives it to R' Pinto.
They embrace.
K is happy that he has achieved his "penance". R' Pinto is happy that he has another million dollars for his mosdos.
We are happy b/c we know that there is no such concept of doing something wrong and cofessing to a rabbi to receive forgiveness. We go right to Hashem. And it's free.
