Yemenite "Mega Church" Kiruv Rabbi And Anti-Technology Campaigner Caught Using iPhone

Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak photographed using an iPhone on Hol Hamoed Sukkot – but he claims that he has an excuse.

Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak

Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak was photographed using an iPhone on Hol Hamoed Sukkot, but his staff says the anti-technology "teshuva rabbi"  has an excuse.

What's the excuse?

He claims the he and his top staff were given permission to use the devil incarnate of all smartphones by haredi leader Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman.

Details on Behadrei Haredim (in Hebrew).

[Hat Tip: Burich.]

Comments

[seymour]

what bullshit

[SML]

Some animals are apparently more equal than others. What's next? Sale of indulgences? Or are the rebbes already effectively doing that?

[A. Nuran]

From Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary

HYPOCRITE, n. One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises

[Dave]

Such hypocrisy, it's enough to make one want to turn Karaite. Sadly, they probably have their own b.s. too.

[jack]

http://cache.bhol-forums.co.il/upload0708/20121013_22251624875_jpg.jpg

[Korben Dallas]

What is his excuse? He had to check FM to see if his typepad login under twitter is working yet.

[thelionroars]

amnnon itzchak and pinto equal thiefs plus hypocrites

[ah-pee-chorus]

did anyone really expect anything different? from watching some of his talks on youtube you can see he's typical kiruv slime.

Some animals are apparently more equal than others. Posted by: SML

great line. from one of the greatest gedolim we have ever known.

[Blima]

I see no problem if he was only using the phone app. The problem is with Safari, the web browser.

[Jake]

Love it " mega church" rabbi.

Hashed coach Shmarya.

[Jake]

Hashed coach = yasher koach

[haredi are hypocrites]

all haredi and chassidim are hypocrites

[njsmiley]

I see no problem if he was only using the phone app. The problem is with Safari, the web browser.

Posted by: Blima | October 13, 2012 at 10:33 PM

yeah just the phone - thats why they spent all that money on the ipone, just to talk ... and yeah thats why he got a heter from the great Rabbi, so he could talk on the phone....

[Garnel Ironheart]

Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak was videotaped listening to Simon & Garfunkel during Hakafos Sheinis, but his staff says the anti-music "teshuva rabbi" has an excuse.

What's the excuse?

He claims the he and his top staff were given permission to listen to the Satan's music by haredi leader Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman.

[Nigritude Ultramarine]

Yemenite "Mega Church" Kiruv Rabbi And Anti-Technology Campaigner Caught Using iPhone

I wonder how many Jumbotrons his "Mega Church" has?

[David]

Even though I use one for professional reasons, I would agree that the iPhone is "the devil incarnate of all smartphones".

Why doesn't he try 'droid?

[soso]

I knew he was a phoney when he came to give a talk in Switzerland and went skiing the week before...

I knew he was a phoney when he projected videos about "Shofar-Trucks" (enjoining people to give donations) before his talk
I knew he was a phoney when he came to talk in a Lamborghini and was very proud about it

I knew he was a phoney when he sold brachot for 1000$ and was not ready to give a rebate (someone asked for a deduction, he would not give it)

I knew he was a phoney when he brought about the miraculous encounter between a father and an adult son who had not seen each other for 3 years during one of his talks (of course, it was all carefully orchestrated, without the father's knowledge).

I knew he was a phoney when he started destroying TV-Sets

I knew he was a phoney when he asked for a ban on jewish music

He is just a phoney

[Jeff]

No, no, you've all got it wrong. He was using it to save the neshamah of someone on the other end.

[Jeff]

I see no problem if he was only using the phone app. The problem is with Safari, the web browser.

Posted by: Blima | October 13, 2012 at 10:33 PM

Does this stuff really make sense to you as you type it>

[Lo K'darkah]

Some may call him a hypocrite, but I say let's at least congratulate him for being smart enough not to follow his own stupid campaign. Seen from that perspective, he is a winner.

[Bench Kvetcher]

Sucks getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar.

[Dovid]

What is his excuse? He had to check FM to see if his typepad login under twitter is working yet.
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He's probably the bababooooooey troll.

[danny]

This crazy religion has devolved into a D&D game, where one only has to obtain Heters and Passwords and Indulgences.

[The Anti-Schmendrick]

Amnon Itzhak is an entertainer. Full stop. It has been years since anyone of note in the Torah world took him or his "work" seriously.

He probably could be appointed the Chief Rabbi of Gehennom, considering how much he seems to know about the place.

[soso]

I like his phrasing: "Some idiots ask why the rabbi shlita uses an i-phone." and "whoever doubts his rav is as if he doubted the shechina"

do you need more proof that this organisation is a sect...???

I suppose he wants his fans to hand him over their i-phones, so that he can sell them and make still more money...

[Bas Melech]

What do you expect from a BT?

[SkepticalYid]

Does this stuff really make sense to you as you type it>

Setting aside your senseless rationalization, have you heard of Maaris Ayin???

[SkepticalYid]

Sorry Jeff, I messed up my cut/paste. That last comment was supposed to be directed to Blima

[S.]

The funny thing is, it's not like he was caught snorting coke out of a prostitute's butt crack. This is only a problem for him and a scandal because people like him made it a problem.

[Yosef ben Matitya]

Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak was photographed using an iPhone on Hol Hamoed Sukkot, .....

OMG, IPHONE? on CHEUYL HAMEUYED?

that's akin to prepare und 'eat' on one's balcony on 'yeuym kiper' at noon a ham und cheese sandwich!
can bet that reb layb shtaynmen also allowed them to watch christina aguilera in 'der veuyce' und 'jlo' in ameriken idol on flat screens tv's r'l to weed out untzniusdik shows.

[Jeff]

This is only a problem for him and a scandal because people like him made it a problem.

BINGO!

It would be funny, if it weren't so friggin' tragic.

[Ger]

Can someone explain to my why specifically the iphone is deemed as evil? All smartphones connect to the net.

[Korben Dallas]

What is his excuse? He had to check FM to see if his typepad login under twitter is working yet.
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He's probably the bababooooooey troll.

Posted by: Dovid | October 14, 2012 at 08:53 AM

You really are this stupid, aren't you?

[Blima]

Can someone explain to my why specifically the iphone is deemed as evil? All smartphones connect to the net.

Posted by: Ger | October 14, 2012 at 02:02 PM

They are being funded by Samsung and Google.

[spacedout BT]

"What can you expect from a BT?" -Bas Melech, the king should let you get out more. BT's come in all hashkofos.