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Sell Your Illness To the Goyim

published by Fester on Sat, 2012-07-28 15:07

You can sell your illness or problem to a non-Jew and be healed or have that problem solved, a haredi classified ad says. But the service isn't free.

A reader writes:

From the Williamsburg Daily Dvar Yom from yesterday [7-24-2012]!
"By selling their illness or problem to a 'Goy' many Jews have been helped with cures and support" please call *********"

So I did call, Wednesday evening.

The person who answered asked me to call back today for all the details. But before hanging up he did tell me the cost to me for this service was $150. I asked him if there was a mossad, charitable organization, involved. He said there was, but did not name it.

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Comments

Submitted by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-07-28 18:10.

Would you like fries with your new illness, goy? How do they think these bizarre ideas up? One of the commentators on the original post said they telephoned the huckster in question and was told that they idea came from "the books", but couldn't say which one. With this sort of stone age voodoo still popular amongst their ranks, they still can't understand why they are almost universally reviled?  I'd hazard a guess that more than a few who call themselves Jewish would be repulsed by this blatant and racist huksterism.

Submitted by Fester on Sat, 2012-07-28 23:53.

Someone in the comments suggests it's from the Sefer Chassidim

The ad refers to Sefer Chassidim as it source for this (although I could not find it).

The Sefer Chassidim is full of superstitions one would expect from such a medieval book. The idea may derive from the superstition that the shoes of the dead are dangerous and the Sefer Chassidim suggests that rather than donate such shoes to poor Jews, these shoes should be sold to gentiles and the proceeds then donated to the poor.

(The Sefer Chassidim also speaks of demons, vampires, witches, blood drinking and other such nonsense)

The large ad at the top of the page for Rabbi Aryeh Eckstein, witch doctor exorcist, and family therapist is hardly better.

These Satmar are no better than painted savages

It would be nice if more Jews would read Prof Toaff's Blood Passover (.rtf) or Hoffman's Judaism's Strange Gods.  The response seems to always be to sweep the ritual murder and other insanities under the rug rather than to clean up their act as suggested by Prof. Shahak.

Submitted by andie531 on Sun, 2012-07-29 04:35.

"the shoes of the dead are dangerous"

Look, if Leona Helmsley left any Manolo Blahniks, I'll take them. But for at least 90% off retail.  You know, dead people's stuff - I should get a break if they're haunted. 

Submitted by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-07-29 22:59.

"the shoes of the dead are dangerous"

The shoes of some living people can be pretty damn dangerous too :)

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