Well, there is a new slogan for the community of Betar � it is official. Previously, the large welcoming slogan under the village�s name was �Betar, the city of torah in the Judean Hills�. Today, the new slogan says, �Betar, the city of torah and chassidus in the Judean Hills�.
Indeed, many residents of the community are chassidim and the mayor is a Breslov chossid, it is now official, part of the community�s image and official slogan.
The mayor explains the decision to make the official change was prompted by complaints, but the real force behind inserting the word �chassidus� was the city�s Chabad shaliach, Rav Asher Lemel Cohen.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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Isn’t it sad, how people openly admit that “Chassidus” is DIFFERENT than “Torah”?
Boy! What a silly waste of time and money! How sad! 🙁
How long will we focus on differences???
Re #1 kitzur_dot_net – It never ceases to amaze me how the innocuous can incite passion on this site . . . as if “Torah” and “Chassidus” are not well understood terms. Your comment strikes me as silly.
They should put a menorah at the entrance, too.
As someone with close family living in Betar and knowing what is going on there, I must applaud Mayor Rubinstein for finally having done something since taking office over a year ago. Besides for moaning and groaning, he has done absolutely nothing in town and the city is on the verge of bankruptcy with the possibility of a “va’ada kruah” (a committee set up by the interior ministry to run the town instead of a failed mayor) loomimg ever closer.
So well done Meir, finally you can say you have achieved something – wow!! With achievements like that, who needs more?!?!