Yair Lapid Apologizes To God For Not Drafting Haredim – Yet

Israel’s Finance Minister Yair Lapid used his Facebook page to make a public apology to God just before the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish year.

Finance Minister Yair Lapid

Originally published at 9:46 pm CDT 9-14-2013

Yair Lapid Apologizes To God For Not Drafting Haredim – Yet
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com

Israel’s Finance Minister Yair Lapid used his Facebook page to make a public apology to God just before the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish year, the Jerusalem Post reported.

“I have what to apologize for, Master of the Universe, but not for mistakes we [the Yesh Atid Party] made, but for what we have not yet changed. As long as there is no civil marriage and public transportation on Shabbat because of people who think they speak in your name, we have what to change. As long as we have not completed the historic process of drafting haredim and enabling them to enter the workforce, we have what to change,” Lapid, who is also the Yesh Atid Party chairman wrote.

But Lapid didn’t stop there. He also apologized to God for the high cost of living for Israel’s middle class, the rampant poverty among groups of Israel children, for young couples who cannot afford to buy a home – and the difficulty small businesses have in this economy, and with government overregulation, to get successfully launched.

Lapid also promised God that he would improve the education system, help Holocaust survivors, and woul work to limit the power of the very rich who dominate Israel’s financial and investment markets.

And then he added, “[a]s long as our public discourse continues to be violent and shallow, purist, extremist, full of insults and devoid of listening, we have what to change. As long as our politics is cynical, headline-chasing and prefers televised fights to cooperation that brings results, we [all] have what to change.”

Lapid’s public Facebook posting made only hours before the beginning of Yom Kippur enraged many haredim.

“Even on Yom Kippur eve, a day that unites the Jewish people, Lapid decided to continue to spread hatred and sow discord among the sectors of the nation. This man is unfit to be a leader,” Member of Knesset Rabbi Ya’acov Asher of the Ashkenazi haredi United Torah Judaism reportedly said.

Comments

[anuran]

The man has baytzim. He may be Israel's last hope before it turns into Yehudistan

[Sam]

How silly, he does not believe in god so he is being disingenuous.

[RWisler]

And who is to say who believes in God? Just because he's secular doesn't mean that he doesn't believe. In fact, his prayer and repentence are more genuine than the whining, moaning, and fake crying that I hear in hareidi synagogues by low-trash hypocrites who have a sense of superiority because of their alleged religosity. May Lapid's prayers be answered quickly and may the hypocrites see and repent the error of their sham idolatrous religion.

[rocky]

I think all of Israel's politicians can see the demographic handwriting on the wall. But they are only concerned about the next election. Lapid does appear to be the exception and maybe the last hope for the country. By 2028, when Israel turns 80, Haredi and Arab children 0-14 years old are expected to exceed 70% of this age group. When this cohort turns 18 a few years later, it will also make up over 70% of the theoretical draft pool. Few Arabs participate in the IDF, as do few Haredi. What are the odds of Israel surviving to 2048 in that hostile part of the world given current demographic trends?

For more statistics see:

http://www.israelstudies.umd.edu/pdf/Larry%20Wolff%20Research%20Paper%20-%20May%202012%20-%20Updated.pdf

[anuran]

What are the odds? Approximately zero.

[Yochanan Lavie]

RW is correct. The frum don't have a monopoly on God.

[Maskil]

Yair Lapid, unlike his father, displays clear and publicly open agnostic tendencies. It doesn't mean he doesn't believe, but it doesn't mean he does either.

His father was quoted in 2004 saying "I'm the real Jew, not the Lubavither Rebbe" - a decade after the latter's passing. He lived his life comparing himself to the Lubavitcher Rebbe; like a personal competition in which he was perpetually engaged. His son, Yair, seems to show that he has no idea what this was about at all. But he tries to emulate his understanding of his father's defiance against God.

[Jeff]

"How silly, he does not believe in god so he is being disingenuous."

I don't care whether or not he does. It was an absolutely marvelous performance. I agree completely with RW:

"In fact, his prayer and repentence are more genuine than the whining, moaning, and fake crying that I hear in hareidi synagogues by low-trash hypocrites who have a sense of superiority because of their alleged religosity. May Lapid's prayers be answered quickly and may the hypocrites see and repent the error of their sham idolatrous religion."

and with Yochanan:

"The frum don't have a monopoly on God."

I'd like to see the Hilonim start wearing t-shirts with the latter emblazoned on them.

[Jeff]

He also said:

"As long as there is one child in Israel who doesn't have money for food, or textbooks, we have to change.
While there is a Holocaust survivor who has one table sit sitting next to him, we have to change. [I assume he's referring to the poverty afflicting Holocaust survivors. This was a Bing translation.]
As long as there is a young couple who cannot buy an apartment at a reasonable price, we have to change."

But the idiots ignore that.

[jancsibacsi]

Sam --He beleives in god when its convinient for him just like by youre religious buddies.In the hareidy world thievery molestation are rampant they use religion as an excuse to do all those forbidden behaviour,

[rebitzman - $101 to read my posts]

Not exactly when I would have made a political statement...... But, as political statements go, there is very little here anyone rational can argue with.

[Yochanan Lavie]

Jeff: Re: t-shirts. Maybe Shmarya can sell them here as a fundraiser for FM (in Hebrew and English).

[Stan]

One does not apologize to god via facebook, it is all about publicity. He is a phoney and god has nothing to do with it.

[Jeff]

Of course it's about publicity. THAT'S THE BLOODY POINT.

Jesus Fucking Christ, frum people are clueless. Where are these superior intellectual abilities we keep hearing about?

[ah-pee-chorus]

+++Where are these superior intellectual abilities we keep hearing about?

Posted by: Jeff +++

HA! Stan should tell lapid that next time he wants to apologize to god he should send god a private inbox message to his facebook account.

[seymour]

One does not apologize to god via facebook, it is all about publicity. He is a phoney and god has nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Stan | September 15, 2013 at 09:10 AM

why not you think god is not tech savvy? In the torah people communicated with g-d like they did with people at that time . Today we use Facebook, so god can do the same.

[RWisler]

Facebook was the ideal place to issue this statement since it will hopefully arouse the non-Orthodox population of Israel to rise up and demand that the priviliged status of the hareidim be forever revoked and that they be forced to do their fair share for upholding society (pay taxes, work at manual labor, educate the next generation so that they have a chance at not working at manual labor, obey the law of the land etc).

[Abe18]

The correct venue to apologize to god is the synagogue not on facebook. Wow, this nonsense of living life through facobook is really getting out of control. It has gotten to the point where I see people posting goodnight messages on facebook. Another oddity is when I see husband and wife communicating with each other on facebook. There are times when I wish to post "Hey, get a room" messages to these exchanges but don't because it will probably result on being defriended.

GET A LIFE PEOPLE!

[jancsibacsi]

Abe18 --Not everyone thinks like you do so you get a life, maybee the god youre mentioning here is nothing but a fabrication of the imagination.

[Alter Kocker]

Make a T-Shirt in yiddish, and we'd be pleased to walk our dog while wearing it on the lawn of the local Chabad.

[put a square into a hole]

Talk to G-D whichever way you want!
G-D listens whichever way you see fit.
1) Lapid as his father are 2 apikorsim
2) if chabad can speak thru letters of the Rebbe than Lapid can use face book, you all can use FM and SR

SHANA TOVA TO Y'ALL