Dvar Torah

I just heard this story from Harav Cohn and I thought it appropriate to share it here.

This story was told over by him at the Symposium regarding Business Ethics in Boro Park a few weeks ago, and is available on Tape/CD.

He says that he had a women come to him with a Shaleh, that she did business with a frum person that had a cash business, and she paid him with a check. The FBI was investigating this person, and visited her, and asked her to turn over documentation.

She came to him to ask him what to do. So he called Rav Schwab, and asked him, "A Frum person has a cash business, ..............." so Rav Schwab asked him to repeat the question. So he said: "A Frum person has a cash business, ...............", and again Rav Shcwab asked him to repeat the question. So again he said, "A Frum person", when Rav Shwab interrupted him, and screamed: "Frum, no he is not frum, and how dare you call him Frum!!!!"

The same is very applicable here. "Frum guy seeking discreet relationship" He is not frum. He is an embarrassment to all of us, and he does not believe. Although he may go with chasidishe levush, or eat only cholov yisroel, and be shomer shabbos, but he is not Frum!! Who is he kidding?

I recently heard from someone who was visiting America from Bnei Brak, that he is going back to Eretz Yisroel, and he is going to tell them that he discovered a new phenomenon. He discovered Chilonim with Shtreimlechs!! Just because one dresses the part, doesn't make him frum.

Rabboisai, let's stop the chilul hashem. Can anyone sit by idly and not suffer when he sees this?