Anything To Sell Papers

About the murder of Mr. Stark, the press coverage and the lessons learned, here.


I will add that the New York Post is a sensationalist, pornographic, beneath contempt newspaper and it is shameful that any frum Jew should ever read it. I am not really upset that they spoke so negatively of the murder victim after his death [except for the pain it caused his family and friends]. They have one objective - to sell papers. They will write anything they can in order to reach this objective. I don't expect much more from them. Would you like that the Chofetz Chaim be their guiding light??


I see how low some frum Jews will sink to make money [there are some genuinely religious Jews who are models of honesty], so I certainly don't expect more from goyim.


It is not only a question of dishonesty in our communities, there is a much more basic issue at hand. Everybody will say that it is wrong to steal. The problem is the way people relate to money and how it trumps religious obligations [such as learning] impinges on family life [because of the endless hours people work in order to make a living], causes strife between couples and makes people awwwwfulllly arrogant.


הצילני מדמים אלוהים - Save me from making money my god, cried Dovid Hamelech in tehillim. אלהי כסף ואלהי זהב לא תעשו לכם - Don't make gold and silver your gods, we read in this weeks parsha.


It is an obsession that people have and, frankly, makes people crazy. I have written this on many occasions in the past and will write it again now.


WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE AND YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU!!!


So if you are fortunate enough to have it [I know many people who aren't], be generous, use it for good things and always remember where it came from.....