Jewish Rabbi holds iPhone-smashing ceremony: "A religious person who owns impure device is an abomin
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[quote]Just as the new iPhone 5 was being unveiled on Wednesday, one man was striking a blow against all things Apple.
A rabbi in Bnei Brak, known as “the preacher of uprightness,” invited dozens of his students to an iPhone-smashing ceremony at a synagogue in the city’s Pardess Katz neighborhood.
First reported by Devorah Ginzburg on haredi news website Lada’at, Rabbi Lior Glazer began by delivering an impassioned sermon on ethical behavior, a traditional theme in the Jewish month of Elul leading up to Rosh Hashana.
During his tirade, given from behind a table with an iPhone sitting on it, the rabbi inveighed against anyone possessing the popular smart phone.
[b][i]“A religious person who owns this impure device is an abomination and a disgusting, vile villain,”[/i] Glazer said.[/b]
He then gave an account of a man who had purchased an iPhone, which “ruined his life” and on account of which he got divorced from his wife.
At the end of his sermon, the rabbi recited a brief prayer requesting that God defeat the nation of Amalek, an ancient enemy of the Israelites and Jewish people used as a catchall for evil in general. [b]He then proceeded to smash the offending iPhone with a hammer in front of his audience until it was left in pieces on the table.[/b]
Haredi leaders have frequently denounced smart phones and the Internet because of the open access it provides to pornography, as well as sources of information beyond the strict confines of the ultra-Orthodox world.
[b]Back in February the radical Eda Haredit communal organization posted pashkavillim, broad printed notices, around Mea She’arim in Jerusalem banning iPhones, Android smart phones, BlackBerrys and similar devices, [u]declaring that they have brought a “spiritual holocaust and “seriously endanger the holiness of the House of Israel.”[/u][/b]
And in May, haredi leaders in New York staged a rally against the dangers of the Internet to an ultra-Orthodox lifestyle, attended by 40,000 men at the city’s Citi Field stadium.
[b]Many haredim have “kosher” cellphones which have no Internet connection and cannot send or receive text messages.[/b][/quote]
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what's so wrong about iphones that makes them spiritually impure
(No HURR DURR IPHONE APPLE XD)
I just don't understand how smartphones = “spiritual holocaust and “seriously endanger the holiness of the House of Israel.”
He still had to buy one, so jokes on him.
If there are kosher cellphones, I wonder if there are halal cellphones too
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[quote]He then gave an account of a man who had purchased an iPhone, which “ruined his life” and on account of which he got divorced from his wife.
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what
[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;37692185]what[/QUOTE]
I heard about a man who bought a cell phone, then died years later of old age
CELL PHONES CAUSE DEATH, THEY ARE BLASPHEMOUS, DESTROY THEM
While I agree with the action, I disagree with the reasoning.
My priest doesn't use a computer for the same reason, but he's not making blockheaded newsworthy attacks towards the concept.
This is just silly.
BUT RABBI THEY'RE WORTH A LOT
GJ @ contributing to pollution with incorrect disposing of electronic devices.
backwards retarded jackass.
[editline]16th September 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;37692274]My priest doesn't use a computer for the same reason, but he's not making blockheaded newsworthy attacks towards the concept.
This is just silly.[/QUOTE]
Tell your priest that paper is the work of the devil.
[QUOTE=Negrul1;37692175]Yahweh confirmed for Android fanboy[/QUOTE]
By his description of " “kosher” cellphones", it looks like he isn't.
[quote]“A religious person who owns this impure device is an abomination and a disgusting, vile villain,” Glazer said.[/quote]
Whether that goes for just the iPhone or smartphones in general, that makes a FUCKLOAD of disgusting vile villains!
[QUOTE=Van-man;37692307]Tell your priest that paper is the work of the devil.[/QUOTE]
Why?
At least it wasn't one of those non-Jewish Rabbis
[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;37692378]Why?[/QUOTE]
Just to mess with him.
[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;37692274]My priest doesn't use a computer for the same reason, but he's not making blockheaded newsworthy attacks towards the concept.
This is just silly.[/QUOTE]
other than the computer he hides in his basement with child porn?
Instead of uselessly beating up an iPhone, why not just refrain from looking at pornography, or is that too hard for you.
Well...at least there's [I]something[/I] me and religious fanatics have in common.
Yes, the iPhone will make you a sinner, blah, blah, blah.
Wow.
Why should I care what he says?
A criminal probably has better, more sane views than him aswell.
[quote]Haredi leaders have frequently denounced smart phones and the Internet because of the open access it provides to pornography, as well as sources of information beyond the strict confines of the ultra-Orthodox world.
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In other news, Haredi leaders denounce Earth, as it provides access to pornography
More at 11
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;37692856]In other news, Haredi leaders denounce Earth, as it provides access to pornography
More at 11[/QUOTE]
And then Israel was ripped from the ground atop a giant balloon.
It's funny considering the big gimmick over the iPhone 5 was that it was indestructable. There was an entire trailer dedicated to it. It showed cinderblocks being dropped on it and whatnot, and the rabbi destroyed it with a mere hammer.
Obviously God gave him the power to destroy this evil device!
[QUOTE=leontodd;37692642]or is that too hard for you.[/QUOTE]
i bet it is; many times these people can't contain their own urges and put the blame on someone or something else
oh and nice stealth pun there
[QUOTE=Boaraes;37692900]It's funny considering the big gimmick over the iPhone 5 was that it was indestructable. There was an entire trailer dedicated to it. It showed cinderblocks being dropped on it and whatnot, and the rabbi destroyed it with a mere hammer.
Obviously God gave him the power to destroy this evil device![/QUOTE]
The iPhone 5 isn't even available to the general public
Did anybody even read more than the title? Apparently they're hating on iOS, Android, Blackberry etc
[QUOTE=Joazzz;37692919]i bet it is; many times these people can't contain their own urges and put the blame on someone or something else
oh and nice stealth pun there[/QUOTE]
That was so stealthy I didn't even notice it.
GOD HATES MACS
THANK GOD FOR 9/23/08
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