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Your accusation of the Belzer Rav is appalling in its ignorance.

The British controlled immigration to Palestine, and the WZO got their hands on those papers. Yes, one was given to the Belzer Rav. But how does he owe them any thanks for that? They snatched control over the immigration papers, and then released some of them. Does a thief deserve thanks for returning a tiny percentage of the money he stole?

Reading about the activities of the Zionists during the Holocaust, even from Zionist sources, such as Z. Warhaftig, tells you a lot about their mindset and their activities to 'save' people. The amount of attempts they disturbed, as well as the little they did when they could have done so much more, should tell us a little about the gratitude anybody owes them.

And its not true that he told people to stay. That is a distortion of his words. His brother said in his name that he thinks Hungary will be saved and he was leaving because he wished to travel to EY. He didn't tell anyone to stay behind.

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I don't believe in the Uman pilgrimage, but those that went did not endanger their lives.

It was a חשש רחוק that anything would happen, and we are not obligated to worry about a חשש רחוק. Anyone who learned הלכות פקוח נפש can tell you this.

And that is what ended up happening. They were safe and sound, except the one person who sadly collapsed during davening.

Russia would have to be crazy to bomb a gathering of foreign citizens in Ukraine, for no military benefit.

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