The scandals just don't stop
Today there are 2 more cases of religious Jews being arrested for financial crimes.
Monsey couple charged with welfare fraud
A chasidish couple was arrested for stealing $75,000 from federal rent, Medicaid and food stamp programs
Mail Thieves Caught in Rockland County
2 frum guys (with 3 week beards) were arrested for stealing checks from mailboxes.
It is not hard to understand why this is happening. The Gemara in Kiddushin (30b)states:
ר' יהודה אומר כל שאינו מלמדו אומנות מלמדו מלמדו ליסטות
R' Yehuda says that whoever does not teach his son a profession is teaching him to be a robber
In many parts of the Charedi world today "work" is a 4 letter word and many people simply have no skills to make a living, therefore as the Gemara says they turn to theft.
posted by bluke @ 1:57 PM
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2 Comments:
I too am a victim of fraud. Yitty Shteierman of Monsey, NY swindled close to $1 mill. from me in 2005 & it is going before the Grand Jury this month. When Religious Jews are only religious on the outside instead of on the inside where it counts it creates a domino effect for the entire community. Nobody cares what type of clothes a person wears. It says little about their true character of lack of. It's simply window dressing to coin a pun. True, religious people or not these things happen by all sorts of people. But when you pretend to be religious it catches up with you sooner or later.
Yitty Shteierman will be indicted by the end of this month with G-d's help. By-the-way, she did this to 3 other people as well.
Hi Tammy
I'm sorry to hear that you are also a victom .
She didn't do it to 3 other people ! It's more than 30!!!!!!
me and my husband are also victoms of this woman.
I'm asking you and all of the rest:please call me urgently-It's so importent!!! 347-276-6371
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