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In a beautiful moment of personal Simcha and dedication to his Shlichus, a Texas based Shliach and Chaplain in the US Armed Forces was seen escorting his daughter to her Chuppah in front of 770 Eastern Parkway.

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  • Mushkie

    Mazel tov! Hatzlocha in the shlichus! I would choose to wear bigdei (attire of) shabbos v’yom tov over work clothes, no matter how noble the work, (like if hatazla/zaka members wear their vests, it seems out of place). What do you think?

    • Anonymous

      It’s like an English barrister or judge wearing his white wig and robe to the chuppah (of course, to inspire jews who see the photo to do more Torah and Mitzvos).

    • Chrithtopher brecher

      You talk about yiddin dressing like yiddin Don’t you know that one of the three things that the yiddin didn’t change in mitzraim was their names. if you’re sitting in yshivah Texting during seder why do you write your name as mushky # Don’t be a hypocrite

    • Mushkie

      Chrithtopher brecher, I am trying to follow your logic. In four lines of comment, you went from “dressing like yidden”, to “Jewish names” (ironic, “Christopher”!), to “texting during seder”, to “user name Mushky is being a hypocrite”. How do you logically connect these dots? Mystified.

    • chabad dark

      This looks like a misunderstanding.
      Chrithtopher brecher is not his real name, He is trying make a joke (I think I got it).
      I also think what he said made a lot of sense, Don’t Be a hypocrite and write a fake name if you are in yeshivah.

    • Mushkie

      Chrithtopher brecher, you take leaps of logic, which makes you dive into the rabbit hole. You decided that my real name is not Mushkie, therefore, I must be male, and if so, a bochur, and if so, I must be writing comments during seder, which makes me a hypocrite. It is as logical as saying that if your name isn’t Brecher, then you must be a rodent that has just eaten a pizza and has indigestion.

  • Really Mushkie? ??

    Mushkie – with all due respect stop living in a box. Bigdei shabbos is great – but this mans shlichus is being in the army and inspiring jews there. Did you think for a second may be he was hoping this picture will make rounds to the army and will inspire jews in the army to do more Torah and Mitzvos. Comments like your is the reason why peole are leaving crown heights, lubavitch and frumkait

    • Mushkie

      King Solomon said: For everything there is a time. His daughter’s chupah is not the time to dress up for an advertisement, just as wearing the constume on Yom Kippur, instead of a kittel, is inappropriate. But you have a right to your opinion. Maybe if you did the holy work of Haltzala, you would wear your vest to your child’s chuppah, to inspire others to save Jewish lives. I do not judge you.

    • Mushkie

      I respect those iving outside the box, but please explain how a photo of of him wearing the formal chaplain’s uniform will inspire other Jews in the army to do more mitzvos? Wouldn’t they be inspired to see him in authentic Chassidic Shabbos clothes, including a hat, kappota, and gartel? And why would my personal opinion on this drive people away from CH, Lubavitch and frumkeit? With respect!

    • Anonymous

      Does he wear his chaplain uniform on shabbos and Yom Tov, or does he wear his kappota? The day of the chuppah is like a Yom Tov (actually, a Yom Kippur, as many parents also fast). Wear yom tov clothes. Bring yiddishkeit to the goyishkeit of the army, but don’t bring the goyisjkeit of the army to yiddishkeit. If these words make people leave CH, Lubav, frumleit, I assure you, they were never there

  • Really Mushkie? ??

    to answer to you

    1 how a photo of of him wearing the formal chaplain’s uniform will inspire other Jews in the army to do more mitzvos? – secular jews do not care about kapotas they do care about something they recongnize and know. as in oh look – I can be frum and be chaplain

  • Really Mushkie? ??

    2 2 and why would my personal opinion on this drive people away from CH, Lubavitch and frumkeit? With respect! – this is not about you Mushkie but about putting someone down becuase ” HE DID NOT LOOK LIKE CHOSSID FROM THE PAINTING ” or” OMG dont wear that shirt , what would people say” or ” omg this will kill all of our shidduchim”. being frun is not equal being nerotic and giving traumas 2 kids

    • chabad dark

      1. Regarding living in a box, I think that mushky may be living in a box but you are living in a Pentagon because you are corning yourself in from way more sides!!!!
      2. Most people that wear a kapata or gartel Do not Wear it because Of a painting Or trauma from when They were kids if you have trauma from a long black garment You may want to go check it out.

  • Really Mushkie? ??

    3 Bring yiddishkeit to the goyishkeit of the army, but don’t bring the goyisjkeit of the army to yiddishkeit.

    we have real issues and wearing something that is hard earned on a special day is not on of the issues. Kapote you can buy, beard you can grow, speaking in ” chassidish” half weird tone and not brushing teeth is easy. Following with your goals it hard. Prob something you dont know about

    • chabad dark- Darker than I thought

      From the way you just made fun of people that are “chassidesh”, I get the impression you know nothing about what you talk.
      If your argument is that working hard is important, I get it, But I don’t see the connection to this conversation.

    • chabad dark- Darker than I thought

      If your argument is that chassideshe people don’t brush their teeth, That’s cool, but you got no basis for that, Sounds like a good old rant to me, sounds like a symptom of trauma, and again, that has no connection to the conversation. Although I’ll be respectful it sounded pretty idealistic

    • Mushkie

      Maybe the kallah asked, but parents should be able to say no to some requests from children. “Daddy, I am so proud that you are a surfer, please wear your swimsuit to my chuppah.” Dad answers, “No, a chuppah is not the beach (or the army base). It is a holy time, like a yom tov, when I wear my yom tov clothes!”

  • Feivel Feinhandlerfeinhandler

    what gives you the right to comment on soldier wearing h uis, uniform . when my sister got married in Ohloe Torah I wore my dress whites. It is not a costom it is uniform of us military.

  • Thank you!

    Thank you for posting this picture. It made many people smile or even laugh out loud. The comments were entertaining. We could all use a good laugh.

    • chabad dark/Chrithtopher brecher

      Thank you so much for getting the point personally I was trying to get people to laugh.
      We see from here how one can turn a joke into an argument Let’s try together to turn our arguments into jokes

    • Mushkie

      It’s impolite to make jokes about nebechs. It is sad to see! Would you also laugh at a disabled person on crutches?! Nothing funny to see here.

    • chabad dark/Chrithtopher brecher

      Its funny that you ask what people think about something that is so clear.
      Especially that at least to calling someone a nebach, Publicly.
      and yes “chabad dark” (my Other name) is Correct.
      also Take a look at ספר ‘מבחר הפנינים’ שער הראוי לקלון (I am referring to the 7th think mention there out of the 8)For the reason I personally think this was one of the biggest jokes I’ve ever seen.

    • Jumping into the Conversation

      The 7th thing listed (from the 8) is: היושב במקום שאינו ראוי לו
      (-one who sits in a place where he is not worthy). How does that give reason for this as “one of the biggest jokes you have ever seen”?

    • Sorry my mistake.

      Sorry, didn’t have the book in front of me.I meant the eighth thing.
      From the comments posted by ‘really mushky’ i got the impression.He is someone who fits into tha category of למי שאינן מאזינם and musky would be the מספר דברים.
      Not focusing on the קלון part of this i think we can agree This is funny.
      # trolling

    • Jumping into the Conversation

      “He is someone who fits into tha category of למי שאינן מאזינם and mushky would be the מספר דברים” – this is factually inaccurate and motzei shem rah. Mushky wrote about herself: “I would choose to wear bigdei shabbos v’yom tov over work clothes” and then she addressed the readers: “What do you think?” How did you conclude from her comment that she was addressing the chaplain?!

    • CHavrusa of Jumping into Conversation

      Hey, “chabad dark/Chrithtopher brecher”, aren’t your comments putting you squarely (box or pentagon) into #5: הנכנס בדברי שני בני אדם מבלי שיכניסו אותו בדבריהם (one who enters into the conversation of two people without being included in their discussion)?!

  • Lamdon

    There is a principle that one cannot hold” something while wearing gloves. Such as, you cannot hold the lulov while wearing gloves. It begs the question, can one “feir unter tzum chupah” (lead someone under the chupah) while wearing gloves? He isn’t “holding” her arm when escorting her while wearing gloves. One must not wear gloves when reading the Torah, getting an aliyah, while making kiddush.

    • Local Rov

      Mishne Brura adds that it is improper to wear gloves while holding food to make a brocha because it dishonors the food: מ”ב קסז, כג, how much more so, when holding a kallah to bring her to the chuppah. (Exceptions can be made when there is extreme cold).

  • Lamdon

    Gemora tells of a rather finicky Kohen, Yisachar Ish K’far Barka’ee, who would put on gloves before performing the avodah in the Beis Hamikdash. Besides for this conduct being a bizayon (a disgrace) to the holy karbanos (as he openly displayed his reluctance to touch the karbanos), this posed an issue of a chatzitzah as well, by intervening between the Kohen’s hand and the holy vessels.

  • Lamdon

    Also, while praying, and certainly at Shmone Esrei, it is not proper to wear gloves. Some poskim forbid this as it is derech shachatz v’gaavah (it has the appearance of arrogance), while others state that this is not the appropriate way to stand before a respected individual, while wearing gloves, and for tefilah, one is standing before a king.

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