NEW YORK (VINnews) — Dramatic scenes from the Guatemalan police’s raid on the “Lev Tahor” cult compound on Shabbat were revealed on social media.
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In the footage, the children are seen wearing the distinctive clothing of the cult members, jumping out of the compound through openings in the large gate. One of the cult members appears to be recording the police activity with his smartphone while desecrating Shabbat.
ילדי לב טהור בעימות עם השוטרים בגואטמלה. pic.twitter.com/Oh5apdJjac
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The adult cult members give instructions to the children in Yiddish: “There are police surrounding the whole compound. All the children should push the police at once. You are allowed to hit the police. They are not allowed to hit back. Climb up, get out from the top,” one of them shouted hoarsely.
Another man is heard telling the children: “You are allowed to hit the police, to push them, don’t be afraid of them, they can’t do anything to you.” The clip shows children attacking the policemen and pulling their caps. The man continued to exhort the children: “Kick them, kick them and crawl under their feet fast.”
Hundreds of police participated in the raid to rescue the children from the cult. The police arrived in minivans, patrol vehicles and minibuses which they used to transfer the children to protective custody.
These poor children! It breaks my heart!
Into whose custody are the minors going?
Were the rasha men arrested and jailed? Its easy to bribe your way out of jail in Guatemala.
so terrible to see such mentally disturbed Jews, really sad for the women, the children and the brainless men.
The raid was Friday, not shabbos, hence no desecration.
I don’t see why these kids can’t stay with their mothers. If they are more religious than you it’s their right. Just like you have the burka ladies in Jerusalem. They want to be like our ancient mothers let them. You modern orthos and ex chassidim have no problem with secular Israelis not dressed modestly.
anti semitic
Guatemala is full of hideaway cults of all faiths yet we only hear of it for 200 lev tahor
I have arguesd with tens of people on this and on one can really give a good logical answer. All htey can do is spew the same rethric as others.
Why are they different then say Satmar, Tosh Square and others
LETS GO:
1 -Not learning English – The other chassidus don’t – look how they are fighting
the athorothies that want some basic “speaking the languge”
2 – Dressing them in funny costumes – exactly what is a difference which one?
3 – Marring them of young. -First we did so for many generation, look up all the gidolim and rabbonim in the 1800’s and they all married at 14-16 years . second in chssidish communities they do so these days – at the ripe old age of 16 or 17
4 – Arrainged marrges – basically the same.
5 – Sheltering their woman – huh , you see a difference?
7 – Studying all day -isn’t that what we think is great.
8 – Wearing burkas , we also force woman to wear certain clothing and cant go
here or there -so they took it to a more tzneious way to cover the entire head and now a boy C”V can not stare at a pretty face and get exited. What is really wrong? Just that this is not done in our communities. Okay others do so.
8 Strict upbinging the children – with slapping the childern whethey did something
bad- in Satmar the used to put kids over the lap. Anyone one complained?
9 – Staying apart from everyone – Can’t you see your own hunch back.
10 – Worshipping a leader as a “second to Hashem” – Wake up and here even the
litvaks are non more immunte to this cult like feature.
So is there answers. or we use the age old thinking of any group that WANTS TO BE FRUMMER THEN US IT IS FANATICISM, AND ANYONE BELOW US IS A BIT Of A KAL (SHIGATZ). Only WE got it perfect!
Never came accross a rational, logical comparing answer besides some made up stories about them . Ask how do you know – were you there and every one says, the line “Evereyone knows” Escaped woman say so – Do you see what the escapped woman say on the chassidu they left?
Personally i see all of them as fanatics, the ones here, the ones there ,however it is no crime to be a fanatic, and let each one live the way they want as long as it is volentery.
Should someone go there and say whoever want to leave this lifestyle come with me and you can leave – If they want to stay, anything more is wrong to do to them. Mind your own business. OKAY
It’s very uplifting to see how vin news and all the Internet yidden who usually have no פחד to cut corners as needed, suddenly fair חילול שבת when it comes to fathers having their kids removed from their home and sent to protective custody by non-jewish families.