Communal Failure: Torah Used to Silence Victims #shorts

This case was much more troubling than just dealing with the abuse itself, which was horrific in every which way. But what made it even more complex, more difficult, and even worse in some ways is the communal failure. The collective communal failure. Floating the Torah. Floating rabbinic, misquoting rabbinic, misquoting Gemara in an effort to silence people. People speak about the concept of lashon hara, which we very strongly believe in. People have asked me, "Is it true that anyone that becomes not frum did so because they were abused or they had trauma or something else?" And my answer is no, that's absolutely not true. But I am amazed and shocked when somebody goes through trauma and remains faithful to the religion and remains frum. Why? Because the number one tool used to silence victims is the Torah. Using lashon hara, using mesirah, using rechilus, using pidyon shvuyim, using every single type of excuse Torah-based. And I look at them and say, "If the Torah If this is the Torah, then this is not what I can believe in." So those that remain frum and can see through the falsehoods being painted up in a Torah fashion get an even higher level of respect. Not because they stayed frum and others didn't. We don't judge anybody. But because they saw through the falsehoods and were still able to continue doing what they do. Something not to be taken for granted. Specifically in this case, something that made it even more difficult was the fact that the Deputy Minister of Health of Israel called {quote} unquote Rabbi Yaakov Litzman abused his power. ABUSED HIS POWER BY GETTING medical professionals to falsify RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS ALL UNDER THE GUISE OF PIDYON SHVUYIM. Not thinking about lo saam al dam re'aho. Not thinking about vi'ahavta l'rei'akha kamokha. Not thinking about the din rodef of somebody who not only fled what while being well, they were trying to create an arrest.