28 Comments

• anom

  on the one hand its a very nice thing however these people look to put on tiffilin and the like especially in public places so they can show people that they are true jews even though they belive in …

• mmmm!

  Wow Asher, you’ve finally made it to the ‘big-screen’…
  Fame has come you way !!

  Yeshir Koach for your good work…

  Moshiach Now !!

• good job

  i think that is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  keep up the good work.

• looked into this once

  i do not think that it is mutor for to put on tefilin with him, since this ‘crack’ thinks he’s bettering his judaism under ‘j’.

• joachem friedman

  Es iz mamash ungeloifelek , asjemenou dos is a groie kidush hashem!

• Mivtzoim

  Clarification:
  This guy was NOT a j for j. As a matter of fact we didn’t find any Jewish j for j’s out there. They should change their name to G for J.
  This man was one of the many jews walking brighton ave on a hot sunday afternoon. There were several groups of bachurim putting on tefilin and handing out anti missionary literature that particular day. Unconfirmed reports claim 40 ppl put on tefilin just that afternoon!
  We battle darkness with light. The best way to stop these people is by purifying the air with a mitzvah done in their vicinity.
  As to wether one should put on tefilin with a mesis umediach, according to halacha these people are probably completely lost. However since mivtzoim is something which is done with the Rebbe’s kochos and the Rebbe will make sure that No JEw Will Be Left Behind ( as in the avraham fried song) it can’t hurt to try. Maybe it will awaken his neshoma and hell return.

• trouble

  its wonderfull to see the buchrim of our comunity doing it right

• Proud Jew

  whatever all you people say, i think its wonderful after reading all these articles on crownheights.info about them targeting us, its finally time that we went out to help them!

• Anti-missionaries

  If you do run into J for J folks, "are you Jewish?" isn’t enough. You have to find out if they are Jewish *al pi halacha*! Many of them are not.

• I am proud but very sceptical

  I am pretty sure that by doing that it empowered this shmaded individual…
  He feels now that you gave an o.k to his position as a JforJ…

• Yehudis E.

  It doesn’t matter what the person claims he is, if he is a Jew then putting on T’fillin with him can do only ONE thing. awaken his neshama. If not today then tomorrow. He will always remember that even though he disclaimed his own heritage these (amazing) chabadniks still saw fit to reach out to him.
  THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A CHASID OF THE REBBE!!!!

• Viewer

  omg that guy looks spaced. cant u see the word "brainwashed" in his eyes?? it’s really freaky. but kol hakavod for putting on tefillin with him!

• WE WANT MOSHIACH NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I think this is a smart way for fighting back. One mitzvah leads to another. With Hashem brochos their neshmos will light up. I hope this will lead to a big change in their lives G-d willing! So let them get noticed on who put tefflin on who.

• Moishe from South East

  You are forbidden to be Mkarev them .. I am a shaliach and got into a whole mess ..speak to Emanuel Shochat .. You are PLAYING WITH FIRE ..They play on your innocence and your belief that every Jew is pure.. Men Tar Nisht .. Dont be an Iburchochem ..

• Bochur

  Call me a Misnagid, but Halachikly speaking, these guys are worse than Mumrim and wouldn’t even be counted in a Minyan… even in the most desperate of times. I’d ask a Chassidishe Rov before continuing any Mivtza Teffilin with these individuals.

• Mivtzoim

  Let’s try this one more time.
  THIS GUY DOES NOT BELONG TO J FOR J!!!!!
  Those guys wear grey sweaters with the words j for j in big red letters with a magen david in the middle.
  This was a simple jewish boy walking brighton ave. Instead of reading j for j material he was putting on tefilin.

• www.lubavitchsingles.com

  on behalf of lubavitch i would like to thank asher for his tireless mivtzoim!

• vB

  To all you people saying that you can not put tefillin on thees people you are wrong

  The rebbe said you wore born a Jew you are always a Jew, what they are doing in taking lost Jews & bringing them back to Judaism.

• clarified

  thanks. i was having a hard time figuring that out amidst all of these stupid cynical comments….

• me

  osher!!! very very nice its so good to see that at least somone is doing the rebbes arbet (i’m talking about the bochrim)
  newayz

• eh

  I agree with vB

  They are taking lost Jew’s that got brain washed & bringing them back to judaism, keep up the good work bochurim.

• Rabbi A Winner

  Anyone going on Mivtzaim in Brighton Beach are welcome to use our Chabad House at 2997 Ocean Parkway, near Brighton Beach Ave. We need all the help we can get. There is a group of bochurim/anash that come Friday and Sunday, we need other days as well. The J for J are there 7 days a week. Also, every Thursday night is a big concert in the park at Ocean Parkway and Seabreeze Ave, the j guys are there en masse. There are hundreds of Tefillin oportunities there until sunset.

• Yosy

  If a YID puts on Teffiln it’s a mitzvah, if a GOY puts on teffilin, the guy who put it on him has an aveira.

  Regarding a YID who shma’ad, it would be at the very least, a sha’alo for a competant rov!

  Would ANYONE put teffilin on YOSHKE (yemach Shemo)!?

  There is definately a difference between a YID who just doesn’t know he/she is is a YID, and a YID who R"L became a J for (a) meshugeneh.

• leime

  i was once putting on teffilin on a jew who claimed to be for … , and this yid (in his brainwashed state) "crossed himself" with his teffilin on… i was unsure of how to react, especially as there was a big crowd of onlookers. so all i told him was "put down your hands! its disrespectfull to the teffilin" , which B"H he did. when i got back i asked kuty (feldman) what the correct reaction would have been, He said: you were supposed to yell at him "you’re a sick man, go and get proffetional help…

  …i do understand that this guy wasnt a j…j i just want others reading this article and comments to be aware of how to deal with that situation if it arrises… because otherwise it could be a chilul hashem ch"v.

  moshiach now!

• Josh

  Jews for Jesus are not Halakhically Jewish according to the preponderence of Rabbinical opinion.

• yitz

  In general, yes, every Jew should be given the opportunity to do a mitzvah. But not when he is in a filthy place, like a bathroom. A "J for J" (and this guy may not have been, but the journalist did say he was "working the area") is basically in a filthy place, where he can use something like Tefillin to strengthen his own position. Imagine if a J for J had a picture of himself wearing Tefillin with a smiling Lubavitcher bochur with an arm around his shoulder!
  He needs to "clean up" before he can be allowed to do a mitzvah.
  It’s nice to say what the Rebbe would say, but I believe there are direct quotes about these people where the Rebbe says "Push them away with both hands." You can give them "Jews for Judaism" literature, and get away. They must be excluded from real Judaism until they can demonstrate a sincere desire to return. They probably have to go mikvah….
  When you have children, you will understand why you cannot invite these people over for a Shaboos meal.

• Bochur

  Lav Davkah is it an Aveirah to put Teffilin on with a Goy. The only thing that a goy is technically not allowed to do is keep Shabbos and learn Torah. According to some opinions, a %100 Goy could put on teffilin to avoid hatred {Aivah} from the Goy towards Jews.

• eh

  To Rabbi A Winner

  You should ask Webby to make a article, that bochurim that want to help should contact you, at you phone number (i don’t know it) & at Chabad House of Brighton beach 2997 Ocean parkway, near Brighton beach Ave.