Comments for Illustrious Rabbi from Brazil Apologizes for Stealing Expensive Ties in the US at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 14 out of 14 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:53:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8806 bill cleveland- you are a real ignorant! - joe blow Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:29:36 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8646 Hey, let´s stick to FACTS, please. This guy stole some ties. Ergo, he IS a shoplifter, and should GO TO JAIL. Period. Claiming it was a mental disorder, hell, a mental disorder directed at high-end stores and goods? Why didn´t he steal popcorn, or something cheap? No sir, doc says my mental disorder is expensive....how convenient, ain´t it? Don´t give a shit he´s a rabbi, or jew, or what else, but, what a disgraceful religious leader anyway...shame on him. - Thinker Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:43:30 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8546 Boy, I had no idea what a bunch of anti-semitic bastards there were out there. As a American in Sao Paulo I have to say the nasty comments make me embarassed to be an America (and I bet those of you positing such nasty comments are Americas). Hey, he committed a crime and he claims he it was due to his medication. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't, but what's with all the `Holo-hoax' and how much money he makes crap? I bet the same people would write the same nasty rubbish if he was black, or Asian or Arab. But I bet if he was a white Republican you'd have plenty of excuses. Pick up your sheets and get back to the Klan rally, you morons. - Bill Cleveland Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:37:02 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8473 like all anti-semites, you are so ignorant that you can't even quote your sources right. i am sure that you cannot, given an original copy of both sets of the talmud - jerusalem and babylonian- place in which book this is. for starters, there is no 'qbda zara' - it is 'avoda zara' according to all transliterations and pronounciations. next, the quote is not there (i just reviewed the entire chapter to be sure). it is a fabrication. the babylonian talmud, in most of today's editions, is a vast 20-book set that takes years to be reviewed in a superficial manner and a lifetime in depth. it is easy to invent quotes and place them somewhere, since even most jews aren't knowledgeable of it - and those who are are likely not to remember it all. but a lie is a lie, and you have been caught red-handed. so just keep showing the world what ignorant and boldfaced liars you racists are! for the record, as an orthodox jew with rabbinical ordination, i was in utter disbelief, shock, and anger over this incident. this man has broken the law, desecrated the name of G-d, tainted the post of rabbinate, and given all anti-semites a full-course meal! to blame on medication places him on the same level as britney spears. if he is a real rabbi, he should know that part of repentance is to declare aloud that one has made a mistake (the others are to stay away from the mistake and to make a firm resolution, also aloud, to never do it again). he didn't. he is a fake, a phony, and a fraud. one last point: he was never the president of the congregation, but rather the president of the rabbinate of the congregation (which means he tells the other rabbis what to do and say). he does not speak for the jewish community of sao paulo or brazil, he only speaks for his own synagogue - and even there, only on religious matters. - skeptic jew Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:47:16 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8434 People really do hate Jews? May I ask why? - Maks Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:07:22 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8431 "How to interpret the word 'robbery.' A non-Jew is forbidden to steal, rob, or take women slaves, etc., from a non-Jew or from a Jew. But a Jew is NOT forbidden to do all this to a non-Jew." -Tosefta, Qbda Zara, 5 - Rebbe Shlomo Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:41:54 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8413 it is interesting to see on the blogopshere now, from white supremacisgt bloggers, with names like WHITES ONLY etc, using this news story to utter the most foul and obnixous antisemitic rants, about the Holocaust, and Jews in general. There is a sickness in America that needs to be cured, and it is not mood disorders, it is antisemitism on a very large scale along white Christian supremacists. so sad to see this; samples: After news about Brazil Rabbi Henry Sobel theft of some expensive ties from a store in Florida, and his subsequent apology and hospitalization and resignation, many white supremacist blogs in the USA slammed Jews in general, using this news story for their sick and rabid antisemitism. Samples: "Keep in mind that the Jewish Talmud establishes a moral double standard - Jews are permitted to lie, cheat and steal from non-Jews, but not from fellow Jews. Several rabbis have been busted for drug trafficking and money laundering but you won't hear much about it in the Jew controlled media.." Another gentleman wrote "I bet this jew gets $2K or more per month in holohoax checks. LMAO, stealing ties." And another wrote: "Yeah, where's the obligatory "he survived the Holocaust by hiding in cellars" mumbo jumbo? He better have it ready when he goes before the jew-dge." - danny bee Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:19:53 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8410 [quote]A common illness those days in Brazil !!!!!! Even an endemic....epidemy !!!!!!! [/quote]. Hi Ch.c, may be you Swiss being neutrals,should consider giving Sobel a political asylum.I hear that you guys have excellent hospitals there and I am sure you will be able to take care of his health,both mental and physical. Consider this option. - João da Silva Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:32:45 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8403 A common illness those days in Brazil !!!!!! Even an endemic....epidemy !!!!!!! - ch.c. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:34:22 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8392 Almost 500 Dollars a day ... that just doesn't seem right ... - Maks Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:57:59 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8387 You know, when i first read this news story about this theft by the rabbi, i thought OUCH. Klepto. But then upon reading his explanation about "this was not the Henry Sobel you know..." i remembered a similar story about a friend of mine in Washington DC who was taking valium for a anxiety disorder, 1985 or so, and he told he went into a art gallery show, and for no reason at all he stole a bottle of champagned and walked out the door with it. He had never stolen anything before in his life, he said. He told me about this and said I have no idea why i did it. Pure impulse, with no rational reason. Maybe this is what hapepned to the rabbi? - danny bee Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:56:39 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8383 I think he would be happy in Brazil.. And of course , Palm Beach would be delighted if he would LEAVE THE U.S.... - u.s.guest Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:09:14 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8382 Taking medication without a perscription, hmm. Rabbi Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde. 'It was the illegal narcotics that made me do it'. What? Why does a rabbi use illegal narcotics? Dimentia? Character Disorder? Addict. Fear of psychiatrists, of 'looking bad'. Like a Greek Tragedy, 'the fall from grace'. The tie stealing, 'klepto', addict who spent thirty five years doing, I assume, some good. What now? Imagine the leaders of the congregation and their angst. Takes a truly wise rabbi to weigh this one. Seems like a problem for Soleman. Quelle domage. - aes Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:34:22 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8107/54/#pc_8381 Deport him back to the States where he belongs...and include BO-SHITTER in the same package!!! - Roberrrrrt Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:05:43 +0100