Is The Hair For Your Sheitel Really From Brazil?

PART 2 Research into the sale of Indian hair worldwide. This research took us from India to the giant South American continent... And I will put forth before you the answers to the toughest questions on this subject... Are there wig makers or merchants that sell Indian hair in Israel, especially in the religious neighborhoods?... We will then clarify which kind of hair is most popular within the hair industry... And what is the real origin of the hair that is often labeled as Brazilian or European?... Do these names truly testify the origins of the place where they were cut from?.. And what about the veracity of the hair merchants, are we simply allowed to believe a wig maker or merchant according to Jewish law?... And accept their testimony on the origin of their products? Is there a place today where there can be a true kosher supervision... Done by a religious Jew keeping Torah laws and commandments, and seeing with their own eyes the first stage of the hair removal process... Where that hair actually comes from?... We will touch upon the black market of the Indian hair and smuggling of hair from India and other countries in the world... Is it possible to also fake the low quality hair by processing it into superior quality hair, and thus permit custom made wigs?... Is there someone actually doing it and how? In this part we will present you original interviews that we had inside factories in China, India and South America... Which was part of our original activity there and presentation of the material in front of the sages of Israel!... And therefore, thank G-d, due to this the various Rabbinic committees coming together to save the Jewish people from... The horrible sin of benefitting from a sacrifice to idol worship!... In Brooklyn, Borough Park, Monsey, Kiryas Yoel and many others... Even at the home of the head of the Rabbinical court, the great sage Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch Shlit"a (May he live for many years) "We have direct testimonies from both the people that are shaven there and from the barbers themselves; and even from the highest priests of the idolatry temple itself!" (Excerpt from Riqua Hailes of Just Extensions in her documentary about temple hair from India.) Q: Why did you cut your hair? A: It's Aid for god (their idol) every year you do it? YES. Let me see your hair. handsome Q: Who has the scar? A: god (their idol) has the scar! pilgrims has given our hair to cover his scar, then god (idol) gives us blessing. the pilgrims will come here. then the hair will be on his scar. this is the belief of Hindus, especially in India "This is an "offering" (נתינה) to the idol. And "sacrifice" means (קורבן)!" "So they indeed give a sacrifice!"... "Now regarding my questions, I tried very often to confuse them in order to maybe get a different answer!"... "Now a question - Why did you come here?"..."Answer - because this is a holy place!"... "And why do you shave off your hair?...Answer - Because He (the idol) wants the hair!... "Why does he want the hair?"...Answer - Because we have this faith that once..." "When you look at the pilgrims there you will see that about 1/3rd to 1/2 of the people have their hair shaved!" "This means..." (Rabbi Questions: Are they men or women?) Reply - "Men, women and children. People of all ages come there from the infants to old ladies being carried on shoulders as they don't have the strength to walk!" Now at the house of the great scholar Rabbi Rosenberg Shlit"a (May he live long) in Bnei Brak. "Then they take the shorn off hair and bring it to the vessel ("Hundi") which serves as the focal point for the pilgrims that are making the "sacrificial gift" to their idol." Rabbi: "And what happens to the hair after that?" "From that point the hair is taken by the merchants to be sold!" (From the documentary by comedian Chris Rock called Good Hair) (Another footage from a news clip) Now let's see if there are wig makers that sell Indian hair in religious cities in Israel... "Here in Israel you find a lot of Indian hair!" "I know this personally as people come to buy the merchandise!" "I won't name names. However, people tell me that -"I buy my hair from India." Then they sell it in Bnei Brak or Jerusalem..." "...And all other places. They come to me to buy special substance. That substance makes hair look..." "...Much nicer etc. I just sell this product I'm not in the business of..." "What percentage does this make better?"... "This product makes the hair much better and I also know..." "...How they remove the smell of that hair through washing by all kinds of...(chemicals)..."And later they sell it off as what?"..."Brazilian (hair)! BRAZILIAN " "This Brazilian hair is FROM INDIA everyone says. Is there such a thing as Brazilian?"... "There is no such thing!" "Is there really such a thing as Brazilian hair?...There isn't such a thing according to my knowledge and I will say something. I will ask you a question..." "Was there such a thing as "Brazilian" hair before there was the problem caused by Indian hair? Anyone heard of that before? Who works with Brazilian hair? Wig maker Etty Steinmetz: "Portion of the hair comes from Madrid and another portion from Brazil." Hair Importer Leah Geir: "I traveled to Argentina, to Brazil and to Paraguay." Wigs - "Galit Italia" Jerusalem; Shulamit Pubrosky: "We get our hair in Galit Italia from Brazil." Galit Italia Wig Maker - Zehava Weizmann: "I personally travel to Brazil and as much as I know, this is Brazilian hair." Hair Importer - Alexander Kauffman: Wig maker and seller- Amshinov: "People that cut the hair do it in Brazil." Wig maker Shvi Peles: "It's cut in Brazil, in places like Curitiba and other areas." "Where do you get your hair from, Brazil?"....Wig maker Bruchi Soloveitchik: "Yes, Brazil for almost 11 years now!" "You bring the hair from Brazil?"....Hair Importer Avi Arkedar: "Yes I get it from Brazil." Importer and wig makers Yossi and Malki Bloy: "No no, it's from an area in Brazil and we buy it alone." Wig maker Esti Bloy: "If you want I can give you their telephone number and you can ask them. They buy it alone from Brazil." Importer and wig merchant Israel Paloch: "We know that he buys it from Brazil." Wig maker Chaya Steinberger: "We are very certain that the hair is Brazilian." "Where does the hair come from?"....Wig maker Polias: "It has a hechsher (kosher stamp) that's it!" Wig maker Sarah Furst: "The hair is either European or Brazilian, directly from the agents." Wig maker Shevi Grunwald: "Yes, from Brazil!" Wig maker Chani Fried: "This is hair from someone that lives in Brazil." Wig maker Nechami Ben Dov: "This is for sure Brazilian hair!" "Where does the hair come from?"...Wig maker Rogol Theresa: "From Brazil!" when did hair start coming from Brazil? Testimony of Rabbi A. Pozen from the Rabbinical court of the great scholar Rabbi Karelitz Shlit"a - "I never heard, 13 years ago a Jewish man came over to me who..." "...Basically wanted me to give him a Hechsher (kosher stamp of approval) on Brazilian hair..." "And I didn't give it to him, I said that you can't even see the shaving yourself they can give you other hair in its place. I don't give Hechsher for such things!" "And then they soon began the first time using the word "Brazil"..." "...But before this word Brazil was not even there, they didn't talk about Brazil as it wasn't there!" "Now 14 years ago when this story became viral, I didn't rest either day or night..." "I got phone calls 24 hours a day asking me just about wigs!" "Everyone was asking about wigs! There never was a mention about "Brazil." "Suddenly, you hear Brazil!" BIG QUESTION: Do they see the shaving of the hair in South America (i.e. To Verify its Origin)? Brazil and neighboring countries in South America! Yafi Bigon - Hair Importer from Brazil YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE CUTTING!!! Zehava Weizman -Galit Italia Bnei Brak: "I don't know, it's not that we shave the hair, we just buy from merchants." "You don't go to the various cities alone to shave off the hair?" Zehava: "NO ONE EVER goes to the small towns, whoever goes will come back in a BODYBAG with just their hands and legs!"... Zehava: "This is because they're criminals there, you can't just go into the towns, I can only get to the big cities..." Zehava: "I don't go and shave the hair myself, that's what I'm trying to explain to you." "You don't go there because there is some sort of mafia there? Will it be dangerous for me?" Zehava: "Exactly, and that's why I don't go to shave off the hair!" "So I can't go to shave the hair there?" Zehava: "You, under no chance can go there. Not you, me or even well-built guys!" Zehava: "They are very dangerous people!" "There are people, like certain WIG MAKERS Saying they go there to shave the hair alone, is that incorrect?" Zehava: "They're COMPLETE LIARS!...COMPLETE LIES. Woe to one who says that. This is a serious lie!" Zehava: ":They told her ...She says that there are wig makers that go and buy hair after shaving it off themselves!" "If they only saw these huge, scary men that bring the hair." "So this is not true?" Zehava: "That's Total Lies. It's plain lies and deceit...It's a dangerous third world country!" David Ben Ezra - Royal Custom Wigs "You don't go there alone?" David: "No, no one travels there alone!" David: "Now, whoever tells you that they themselves go and cut the hair...This is completely NOT TRUE!" David: "But what we do really, is that we go to the place that's closest to where the hair is shaven!" "OK, it's the closest possible place but you surely don't see the women there!" David: "NO ONE SEES THEM!...No one!...And WHOEVER IS TELLING YOU THAT IS LYING!!!" Leah Geir - Hair importer Leah: "I buy the hair from South America. I travel to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay."... Leah: "I travel to all kinds of villages and other such places there and buy the hair."... Leah: "Wherever I go, I travel with a local non-Jewish guy whom I pay money and he accompanies me."... Leah: "And then, since they are familiar with each other there, the transaction happens. It's like THEY CONTROL THE BUSINESS!"... Leah: "In fact, I pay them an advance to keep the hair for me...They know when I'm coming and I've paid the advance fees!" (WHO ARE THEY?) Leah: "These people are like a MAFIA; I don't know if this is an organized mafia; but when she became upset, Leah: ".she told him (my guide) that she can't control the business..."..EVERYTHING MUST GO THROUGH US!" Chedva Ravad - Wig Maker "You never heard about wig makers whom you can possibly buy hair from, such that they themselves cut the hair?" Chedva: "That cut it themselves?...Wow!, this is very complicated. TO ACTUALLY SEE [THE HAIR BEING CUT] Very complicated..." Chedva: "The hair manufacturers worldwide DO NOT ALLOW THIS because the MERCHANTS SEIZED CONTROL of the barbershops and such places." "You mean they control the trade?" Chedva: "Yeah CONTROLING IT FOR SURE...You are talking about a business where there is a lot of money involved! A LOT" Chedva: "They (barbershops) won't give it...If you were to travel now to Russia or places like this and say...": Chedva: "...I want to buy from barbershops, YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK!...There are gangs everywhere!" Chedva: "It's an extremely horrifying!...Listen, wherever there is money involved, you find things like this!" Chedva: "And it keeps getting harder when armed people eventually take over such places!...Very difficult!" Chedva: "The good hair is only found among the most powerful gangs, you understand?...They won't let you easily take it on their account!...(without a fee)" Ruchi Kushman - wig maker Ruchi: "THERE'S NO WAY!...Local Brazilian gangsters will NEVER LET YOU SEE the place where the hair is cut from..." Ruchi: "...NO WAY!...THERE'S NO CHANCE..." Ruchi: "...because they are MAFIA over there, not normal people!" " So they control over that place and don't allow anyone to see?" Ruchi: "They don't trim a ponytail and simply give you a piece, they bring kilos of hair in bulk and so forth..." Ruchi: "This is not something logical. We are talking about thousands of kilos!" Ruchi: "Even THE BIG HAIR MERCHANTS that import hair Forbidden From Seeing It...THEY DON'T ALLOW IT! The local Brazilians will never allow this!" Ruchi: "Whoever told you this (that you can see the hair being cut) IS LYING TO YOUR FACE, I say it sincerely!" To what extent can we rely on the mafia? Is there a Jew in this world who dealt with these mafia or grew up among them? Righteous convert from Brazil (Rabbi Benjamin Gomel) - Who dealt with the mafia... Rabbi Gomel: "Brazil!...The land of temptations, violence and people with many bad traits!" ... Rabbi Gomel: "I was born in Brazil in a poor neighborhood!" Rabbi Gomel: "As a non-Jew and a Christian!" Rabbi Gomel: "I was orphaned at age 9 from my mother and father..." Rabbi Gomel: "...I grew up in an orphanage with violent and dangerous youth!' Rabbi Gomel: "I was alone and helpless..." Rabbi Gomel: "...I went out to the streets and learnt the martial art of Capoeira!" Rabbi Gomel: "I practiced day and night!" Rabbi Gomel: "By age 23 I was the heavyweight champion in the state of Parana!" Rabbi Gomel: "All the gates were open to me!" Rabbi Gomel: "Thanks to my mother I heard a lot about Am Yisrael and the Jewish people." Rabbi Gomel: "How did I get to where I am today?...It's not easy to understand. It's just a strong faith and will!" Rabbi Gomel: "The full story - At your homes!" Rabbi Gomel: "They left the body there and took the head to a different place..." Rabbi Gomel: "...Next day, the whole city knew that the people that killed her were the gangs controlling the city!" Rabbi Gomel: "And no one among them could stand witness!" Rabbi Gomel: "And no one to testify or say a word about this. Even family and close friends couldn't say anything!" Rabbi Gomel: "Why, because one who would do so, in a week both him and his family would be finished!" Rabbi Gomel: "Brazil is a country where if you see a corpse on the floor, no one dares to call the police!" Rabbi Gomel: "Why?, because if you G-d forbid call the police and the criminals get to know of it, even if the person was already dead..." Rabbi Gomel: "You, being the one who called and your whole family would be killed that same week!" Rabbi Gomel: "In my entire life I didn't know the number of the police in Brazil!" Rabbi Gomel: "No matter what happened to me." Rabbi Gomel: "When I was living in Israel in the beginning I saw that people would call the police even for the smallest of disturbances from their neighbours!" Rabbi Gomel: "From being a thief at age 15, when an average youth there is shooting bullets and confronting the police near banks etc..." Rabbi Gomel: "...By age 17 you see him flying high, but his fall is very fast..." Rabbi Gomel: "And by age 25 everything is buried underground. I didn't want to be a criminal like them." Rabbi Gomel: "Some of these kids rob grocery stores and sleep at night on the footpath!" Rabbi Gomel: "What would the store owner do to avenge?"... Rabbi Gomel: "He came at night with a can of gasoline with another friend. While 2-3 kids were sleeping he douses them with gasoline and his friend lights a fire and they run!" Rabbi Gomel: "There are many demonstrations in Brazil because of what these store owners do, sometimes in the major cities!" Rabbi Gomel: "I grew up in Brazil which is a land of lusts, carnivals, cruelty and violence!" Rabbi Gomel: "It clings to your soul!" Rabbi Gomel: "I grew up seeing all the lusts that the Evil Inclination can tempt you!" Rabbi Gomel: "And now, I am cleansed in the bottom and the depth of my soul!" Rabbi Gomel: "Just to become like one of you (Jews)!" Rabbi Gomel: "I never thought that there is a difference between a Jew and a non-Jew..." Rabbi Gomel: "But now I can give my stamp of authority and listen carefully to what I am about to say..." Rabbi Gomel: "...There is a huge difference. A Jew and his feelings are completely different!" Rabbi Gomel: "His thoughts are such that a non-Jew can't understand the way he thinks." Rabbi Gomel: "These are completely different thoughts!" Rabbi Gomel: "His actions and his boldness are completely different from the norm!" Rabbi Gomel: "A non-Jew in his life can't think or act like you, whether in a good or bad way!" Rabbi Gomel: "Me, as a non-Jew my word was like iron and I would always do what I would say. Turn the world upside down to die or to kill!" Rabbi Gomel: "Now as a Jew, my wife knows that I can't promise anything as everything is only with G-d's help! After the many stories of the same mafia that controls the hair market, we come to a clip of one of the Rabbis who gave a Hechsher - Rabbi Chaim Katz Listen to this chilling slip of the tongue! "They don't allow entry into the villages and areas in order to see the shaving of the hair there! THEY DON'T LET YOU ENTER. You have to buy from the agents!" Rabbi Katz: "The reason they don't allow you [to see] is very simple..." Rabbi Katz: "...Since they bring in a lot of the hair from outside the country and they don't want you to know which hair is from where..." Rabbi Katz: "...And hence they give it to you!" "Does it really resemble Brazilian hair to that extent?" Rabbi Katz: "THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BRAZILIAN HAIR!!!. All the Brazilian hair is in fact FROM INDIA!...ALL OF THE BRAZILIAN HAIR IS INDIAN HAIR!" "But what about Paraguay?" Rabbi Katz: "It's THE SAME THING ALL OVER South America!" Smuggling of hair - Indian hair in Brazil! "Did you hear?" Hair merchant: "What?...No I didn't!" "That a few years ago (the news reported) the tax authorities in Brazil seized a few tons of hair that came from India..." "...As the delivery was worth $400,000 a kilo but the smugglers tried to get it in for just $15,000 a kilo to pay less taxes!...Basically tonnes of hair came into Brazil!" These documents proving multiple accounts of such government seizure were translated by google from Portuguese to Hebrew. (Various instances of "INDIA" are being highlighted) Hair importer: "There is a lot of smuggling to South Brazil from Paraguay and Argentina too!" The smuggling of hair from India to Paraguay costs the importer 23,000$! (NEWS Article in English) HAIR BEING SMUGGLED TO BRAZIL FROM INDIA (From India highlighted) Translation from Portuguese: Police apprehended smuggled human hair from the Friendship Bridge! The smuggling of hair in the past few years between the Brazil-Paraguay border happens routinely! And what's the source of the hair? "INDIA!!!" And what is done with all this manufactured hair that is found? Maybe it's just for "hair extensions"?... WIGS (SHEITELS) (For making wigs) "INDIA!" (Article about the hair mafia in Brazil) So when did the topic of Brazilian hair begin? "2004" (2004) - 5764 (Jewish calendar) Is there a Brazilian hair merchant that knows about the selling of hair in Brazil and is ready to testify? (Flyer stating the names of companies that got their hechsher from a particular Beit Din) Yafi Bigon - Hair Importer from Brazil "There is barely any hair from Brazil here!" "Here in Brazil the hair usually comes from a different place..." "...As whoever knows about the hair market knows that there isn't any hair here from Brazil!" Avi - Hair Stylist and manager of Kundala Rasta... "I already spoke to a lot of respected religious people who are well respected in the eyes of the public and know a lot of things..." "...4 groups of highly renowned Rabbis came to my salon with their entourage of students that patiently waited for them outside; so you know how respected they are!" "We explained them and showed them everything and they left with new insights from us." "This was more than a year ago." "This is not Brazilian hair, it just can't be Brazilian hair. It's not logical and you don't have such quantities being produced." "This hair, OBVIOUSLY NOT BRAZILIAN, IMPORTED TO BRAZIL through the many borders..." "...When it's THEN EXPORTED FROM BRAZIL, IT'S RE-LABELED AS BRAZILIAN HAIR. But its origin is NOT Brazilian at all!" Questioner: "So if I were to just walk into a store to buy hair and they give me "Brazilian hair"; it's usually not so?" Avi: "It's NEARLY 100% that it WON'T BE Brazilian!" Questioner: "How much again?" Avi: "It's NEARLY 100% chance that you ARE NOT BUYING Brazilian hair!" Avi: "It's hair that is BRANDED AS Brazilian hair. It's Just being Branded as such" Avi: "The chances of having pure Brazilian hair are almost IMPOSSIBLE." Avi: "The origin of the hair, from my years of experience starting with wigs and then hair extensions for women..." Avi: "...It's smuggled from the East and then reaches Brazil through Peru. But it's a very long story to explain!" Avi: "Because I can bring INDIAN HAIR today and simply fly (export) it to Brazil and then send (export again) it from there to Israel..." Avi: "And then it gets RE-LABELED & RE-BRANDED AS BRAZILIAN HAIR for the religious community. END OF STORY! So then THIS IS REPEATEDLY DONE for tonnes of hair!..." Avi: "Tomorrow, you could bring planes FROM INDIA TO BRAZIL, in a legal way without smuggling anything. COMPLETELY LEGAL..." Avi: "...In Brazil I open a business where I get hair from India and RE-LABEL IT AS "Brazilian and EXPORT it worldwide, And tell them this is BRAZILIAN HAIR!" Avi: "But really this is how people work in real life!" Who was the first person to open the gates to South America? You will now see an excerpt from a conversation from a hair merchant who admits that he was the first one in South America... After the ruling by Rabbi Elyashiv zt'l forbidding hair from India Oded Keren from Argentina... Oded: "We were in touch with Rabbi Schlesinger over all these years and most importantly..." Oded: "...We were the FIRST ONES to bring hair from South America!" THE FIRST. Oded: "This was after the ruling by Rabbi Elyashiv - of blessed memory who ruled that hair from India IS FORBIDDEN..." Oded: "...And we were the very first ones as no one ever brought hair from places like Argentina in South America. We were the first ones to get the kosher stamp for this!" Oded: "It's really hard for me to hear this nonsense...Think about it, just a kilo of hair requires 10-12 women and 100 kilos needs the hair of 1200 women!" Oded: "Every barbershop is located at a different place so you expect someone to go to 1200 of these places to witness the hair cutting, is it possible?" Oded: "They don't even buy the hair from the barbershops as there is very little and almost nothing..." Oded: "...And also it's surely NOT ORIGINATING FROM Brazil. It doesn't come from Brazil, it's ALL NONSENSE." Oded: "Witnessing the hair cuts in person is impossible, Rav Schlesinger knows that!" Terrifying! Even the very first merchant that opened shop in South America testifies that THE HAIR IS NOT FROM BRAZIL! "After the prohibition by all the Big Rabbis in Israel on hair from India..." "...A question now arises that how can we know if the hair is from India or not?" "And the first question asked to Rabbi Elyashiv zt'l was... "Whether it's possible to trust hair merchants/ wig makers admitting that their hair is not from India?" "And the answer was very firm and you will hear it in Yiddish soon..." "A trusted wig store owner, can he testify that his hair comes from Ukraine or is it more likely that the hair in Ukraine is coming from India?" ... Rav Eliyashiv: "If someone sells meat and there is non-kosher meat that can cause him to incur quite a loss..." Rav Eliyashiv: "...The ruling is that the Jew cannot be relied upon for his (biased) testimony of whether the meat is kosher or not." Rav Eliyashiv: "by us, this (Indian hair) is not kosher!" Rav Elyashiv: "You don't have to even say that everyone forbade this, but some Rabbis did..." Rav Eliyashiv: "Even if he is selling or using it for 20 years, why do you try to confuse me if he can admit to it etc.?" Rav Eliyashiv: "Even if he is rich, he needs to close his store!" Rav Eliyashiv: "Question is can you forbid him?..Well how can he not be subjective in this case?...How can I believe him? Wig makers and merchants on this issue - Without mentioning names... "This is certainly not true. Whoever wants to believe this can do so. Throw away the old wig and buy a new one. But this is nonsense!" "Even the controversy that happened 14 years ago (on Indian hair) it's nonsense. Everything is OK! you can't cry over what happened!" "And if you will notice, it flared up and cooled down at the same time and the ruling isn't as strict as 14-15 years ago!..." "It's all politics! (against us)" "Yeah it's all nonsense, that's what they (arguing against Indian hair) fed Rav Elyashiv and then he ended up saying so! (hair from India not kosher)..." "...Do you think he himself went to check it! (Indian hair)" ... "Rabbi Elyashiv allowed everything. I found so much material where he said that there is no need to fear that this is (a product of) idol worship!" "Even if it's from India let's say. The hair there did not go through the process of idol worship!" Questioner: "So, it's not from idol worship?" Hair merchant: "Yeah, today you don't really have the stories of idol worship coming out!" "I remember that according to the instructions we received..." Hair merchant: "Yes, when they ruled it 14 years ago it was a powerful ruling. But since then it has been forgotten and neglected. That's the problem!" Hair merchant: "Yeah and also during those 14 years people, not just religious ones, went in order to search for the fact that this is idol worship in India and didn't find it! Hair merchant: "They searched for it many times during these 14 years and this was nonsense to begin with. I don't know if it's real or not but tried for many years!" Amir Dromi in India in 2008... Amir: There we can see where and how they have offered their hair! (and become bald) Real proof of the hair given over to idols! (Background- Idols and vessels for hair offerings)....Hair merchant (lies): "It's not sacrificed to the idol, in other words we are not deriving benefit from idol worship!" Chanting the name Govinda (Lord Protector of cows) in the background to which the hair is offered to! "It's an offering to their idol and it's written on their website!" Amir Dromi in India in 2008...(The idol - arrow pointing towards it) (The idol in the background being censored) The Hair is being given as sacrifice gift to idol Another idol inside the tonsuring hall! Unfortunately, lies and biased opinions were common among many hair merchants and wig makers especially regarding the halakhic aspect of Indian idol worship... There are many lies and any sensible person can check it themselves! Here, we present a clip of the interview done by the emissary of the Rabbis, Mr. Amir Dromi that gave his testimony before the Great Sages in Israel... He recorded hair sacrifice in India, and THEY ALL PROVE without doubt that hair coming from Indian temples is SACRIFICE TO IDOL. (An interview with the chief priest of the temple regarding the status of the barbers shaving the hair) (Interview with the chief priest regarding the myth behind the hair shaving) Vaikuntham - Celestial abode of the idol (Rest of the interview) (Interview with a barber from a temple - saying that he always meditates on the name of the idol while shaving) (Translating Amir's question into the Telugu language) A former wig merchant that doesn't consider himself part of the religious community... He talks about how they got the hechsher (kosher stamp) and what he thinks about the whole situation. "A long time ago when this mess started, I also got involved and took with me a guy named Avraham." "I took him with me to a factory I had in Baku (Azerbaijan) and he came with us and "checked it" so to say..." "...But to tell you the truth, you can't really rely on this!" "As when this (debate) was going on they called me to explain how he used to do the checkups. It's very difficult, almost impossible! Questioner: "Who?...Did Rav Schlesinger call you?" Former hair merchant: "Yes!...They wanted to know the details and back then the wig salon got involved there..." Former hair merchant: "...And they wanted to just know where the hair comes from." "But it's extremely difficult to find this out. And YOU CAN'T GIVE ME A HECHSHER ON THIS THAT IT'S 100% KOSHER. NO SUCH THING!" "Between us, HE CAN NEVER KNOW IF I SOLD HIM INDIAN HAIR and he puts his hechsher (kosher stamp) that will allow me to sell the hair..." "...As he can never know where it came from. There is no chance!" Questioner: "When he was giving you the hechsher for the hair for the first time, did he ask you to remove all the previous hair stock you had?" Former hair merchant: "HE GAVE ME HIS STAMP OF APPROVAL (on hair he never checked) that I work kosher and all is OK, that's all!" Former hair merchant: "But after that if I got all my hair from India, can he really know?...He can never find out, there is no chance in a lifetime!" After many researches done by Rabbi Avraham Schlesinger and Rivka Klar... They found a "new" source of the hair. "Let's hear the words of the mashgiach (kosher supervisor) - Chesky Lifshitz living in Nepal (country bordering India). He will explain how..." "...They brought hair to Nepal via North India after the ruling of Rav Elyashiv of blessed memory...!" "...With the help of Rivka Klar, that manages a wig salon and arranged for the hechsher with the Schlesinger brothers!" Chesky: "It was like this in the past, when this topic was advertised all over Israel..." "...So they brought hair from here (India) many times. What I mean is that Nepal is not a big center for hair exports..." "...They brought the hair from India! This story is like 12 years ago maybe." Questioner: "And do they also have (idolatry) temples in Nepal like they have in India?" Chesky: "Yes!" Questioner: "And do they shave hair there as well?" Chesky: "Yes!..And also look, in Nepal (pop: 28 million) you have a million Indian Hindus!" Questioner: "I think that this topic came to light when she (a wig maker looking to get hechsher) was with you at that time? Do you remember this?" Chesky: "I remember that she was here. It could be that this was revealed after he was here and she heard about it." Questioner: "But you don't remember anything about them buying the hair there?" Questioner: "Because the same woman said that she remembers Rabbi Schlesinger bought something, possibly in India or Nepal, I didn't quite get it..." Chesky: "I just remember that they called at that time and told me to supervise and check the hair that was already there in Nepal." Questioner: "No, I'm asking if he also bought it, you remember?" Chesky: "I believe that they bought it as the hair was there and they didn't get it for free. They surely bought it." Questioner: "Who brought the hair there, did Schlesinger get it himself or through the merchants?" Chesky: "No, there was someone that called me at that moment. It might be Schlesinger or someone else from..." Chesky: "...No, actually the one that called me, I think it was a wig salon from Bnei Brak that called me..." Chesky: "(By the name of) Klar!" (Rivka Klar) Chesky: "Yeah because I had a relative that was asking me to do a favor!" Questioner: "Yes, Klar from the wig salon. And they brought it (hair)... Chesky: "I honestly did not want to deal with this so much but she told me to do a favor for her etc... Chesky: "Yeah, I had a relative there that wanted me to do them a favor!" (News excerpt) Rabbi Tzvi Friedman Shlit"a exposes this big fraud! "It pained him a lot when this hechsher was given." "There is a letter he wrote in 2004 and wanted to write another one..." "...I was with him praying Ma'ariv (evening prayer), but he wasn't feeling well and I couldn't approach him, but he already spoke to Rav Moshe Erim." Rabbi Tzvi Friedman: "I know about this hechsher!... Rabbi Tzvi Friedman: "There is a mashgiach (kosher supervisor) that lives in Nepal, I know they got it from North India!" "What did they take?" Rabbi Tzvi Friedman: "They took it from North India and the mashgiach lives in Nepal!" "What did they take from there?" (Rabbi Tzvi speaking to another person) "Did they take hair in order to make wigs?" Rabbi Tzvi Friedman: "Obviously!" "Rabbi do you remember what they took and who is the mashgiach (Kosher supervisor) living there in Nepal? Rabbi Tzvi Friedman: "I only know he lives in Nepal and is from CHABAD!" "Ah, so they took the hair surely to make the wigs?" Rabbi Tzvi Friedman: "Of-course, for sure!" ---TO BE CONTINUED --- This movie was a short insight into the terrible findings exposed in the past 2 years... We will continue in part 3, where we'll show you, G-d willing, a bit of history starting from 2004... - A test failed by wig makers from a reputable Rabbinical court in Israel. -Lab testing for origins of hair in various wigs... -Indian hair at a salon used by important families... -Processing of Indian hair for improvement at various facilities worldwide... -Indian hair factories admitting to having Israeli customers... -Chinese factories admitting that the mashgiach didn't come for a few years... -Different lies told by members of a hechsher group... -"G-d fearing" wig makers lying to Rabbis and how a so-called "scholar Shmuel Chaim Cohen of Bnei Brak back them up.