Dear Matzav Inbox,
It is honestly astounding how the frum community has been swept up in the frenzy of politics, with so many putting all their energy into idolizing President Trump and obsessing over every detail of his actions. Day in and day out, there are conversations and debates about him, as if he is the key to solving our problems, as if his leadership will somehow bring geulah. It’s as if the entire focus of our community has shifted entirely to political matters, and this obsession with the goyishe world of politics has taken over, pushing aside the things that truly matter to us as Yidden.
Frankly, it’s nauseating.
We have fallen off the deep end.
Since when did we forget who we are?
We are ovdei Hashem, and our purpose in this world is not to immerse ourselves in the world of politics or to engage in the empty, often useless, debates of the secular world. We are here to serve Hashem, to learn Torah, to keep His mitzvos, and to live lives that reflect our devotion to Him. We are in golus, not in the land of freedom and prosperity that the goyim live in, and our job is to keep our eyes on the prize. But instead, what do we see? A community that is so engrossed in the political sphere that it is losing its focus on the things that matter most.
Yes, we live in a world that is difficult and full of challenges. But our job is not to place our hopes and trust in any political leader, whether it be Trump or anyone else. Our reliance should be on Hashem alone. We’ve allowed ourselves to be swept away by the winds of politics, looking to these figures to solve our problems, to fix our world, as if they are the ones who will bring us salvation. But who are we fooling? As long as we are in golus, our problems cannot be solved by any president or political leader. Only Hashem can redeem us, and only by returning to His ways will we see the true yeshuah we are waiting for.
The obsession with politics has become a plague, distracting us from our real mission. The constant chatter about Trump, Melania, Vance, their actions, their policies—it’s not just unhealthy, it’s spiritually dangerous. This is not the way of the ovdei Hashem. Instead of discussing how we can improve ourselves, our Torah learning, our commitment to mitzvos, we are consumed with the trivialities of a political game that has no place in our lives. When did the frum community decide that our hatzlacha is measured by political victories, by who holds power, and by the shifting tides of the secular world?
We’ve lost our sense of purpose, and that is truly frightening. The obsession with Trump, with politics, with the world’s affairs is pulling us further and further away from our true identity as Yidden. It’s time to wake up and realize that the more we get drawn into this world, the more we risk losing sight of what really matters. Politics will never bring us the redemption we seek.
Trump will never bring us the geulah.
I know that’s hard to swallow. Trump will never bring us the geulah.
Can you imagine? That man, who you treat as Moshiach, may hold power, but only Hashem can bring the true yeshuah that we are all waiting for.
It is not through the whims of the political world, but through a return to Torah, mitzvos, and emunah in Hashem.
What have we become? People who put on tefillin every day but whose hearts and minds are focused on the very things that should be the least of our concern? How can we be so caught up in the lives of goyim—who have no purpose but to seek fleeting, worldly success—while forgetting our own sacred role as ovdei Hashem? We should not be behaving like the world, running after empty distractions, and getting caught up in their madness. We are supposed to be different. Our job is to rise above it all, to focus on the things that matter: our relationship with Hashem, our Torah learning, our spiritual growth.
Unfortunately, we are not different at all. We’ve become just as pathetic as them. If not worse.
If we continue down this path, it will be too late. If we continue to let the noise of the world drown out Yiddishkeit, if we allow ourselves to remain so obsessed with the political theater, we will have lost our way. We will be no better than the goyim. What a tragedy that would be. Is this what we want? To be Yidden in name, but with our hearts and minds consumed by the very things that should be irrelevant to us?
Throwing Up
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No, you missed the point! We had a president for the last four years that was צורר היהודים! Now that he is gone and his cronies are not in power anymore, hopefully for good, we are aloud to celebrate and talk about the good this new administration is doing for us BH.
“Trump will never bring us the geulah.”
DUUUUH, Trump will bring us lower gas prices, bring down inflation making food and housing costs more affordable, keep illegal criminals and murderers out of our country, stop all senseless wars, stop all this woke and transgender narrishkeit
So stop what you’re doing and say hodu lashem for our greatest president ever
Does the author of this letter have a name or you have any authority to speak? If you want to give MUSSAR that is just fine, but are you fit to do that if you are then please come forward and say your name so we can know who’s writing this if not, then I say simply speak for yourself.
Excellent and well written ,very clear.
Thank you
To the Letter writer:
No one’s “into Trump” as much as you are. You suffer from TDS, and you constantly think about him. You obsess about him. It hurts you that so many of your friends and family support this man, while you hate him so much You are seething. You wish you didn’t obsess about Trump so much, but you are unable to stop. You blame everyone else for your problems. You gaslight the rest of us, and claim that we are so obsessed.
You’re the one obsessed with Trump. The rest of us, on the other hand, are just happy that the United States and the world dodged a bullet with the antisemitic anti-American Marxist supporters of Kamala and Obama.
Thank you Hashem!
Well…..
We can thank all the frum news sights (print and online) for addicting us to all of this.
Aint no doubt you aint gonna print this!
To be dan’l’kaf zchus…there was just a very important presidential election. You had for the first time, an inauguration speech of a non-Jewish leader of the worlds most powerful nation, surrounded by Yidden… parents of children that are still hostages suffering beyond words in Gaza. They were all standing right behind Trump in front of the cameras of the entire world. Has any world leader ever cared about the plight of Am Yisroel on this level in history? Sure you could be cynical and just call it politics or whatever you want, but this is the picture Hashem decided to broadcast to the world. It is an absolute PELAH. A completely unique and extraordinary historical event.
Whatever all that means and if it is ultimately good or bad for us in golus is up to Hashem. However anyone who does not find it fascinating has little understanding of Jewish history. One can be immersed in Yiddishkeit and still find Trump (not necessarily politics) a literal nifloas haBorei. What he went through the last few years without suffering a nervous or mental breakdown is inspiring. Yes we can take inspiration from wherever we can get it. We all need as much inspiration as we can get and this is what Hashem provided as the source. Yes for sure Trump is only a puppet of Hashem. Lev Melachim B’Yad Hashem, but lets give ourselves a break and not kvetch about erlicheh Yidden fascinated by unique world events. It is a form of studying Hashems management of the world.
Yes gemilus chasadim, Shas, Chumash and Mussar are more important, but one cannot deny that we are living in a unique historical time for Am Yisroel and the signs of Geulah are becoming clearer and clearer daily. That is what is spurs this hyper-interest in current events occasionally. Its OK. It will pass and we can be a little more tolerant of those who are simply intrigued and fascinated by the extraordinary times we live in. Lets try to be more loving and positive about our community and not always look for things to complain about.
The pain of the writer is felt in his strong words, but he barely describes what is he really talking about. I’m not sure what exactly is he trying to point to, in order to then see how much of a problem it really is.
Sometimes I feel the frum community is not political enough. I think this election cycle was worthy of a Yom Tefilah – to daven for שלומה של מלכות! And so many people think it’s a צדקות not to vote! which of course is totally wrong and frankly stupid.
EMES!
A little projection going on here. Speak to yourself and stop preaching
Put your name on the letter..
No name means your not really sincere.
If you truly believe what you wrote than you should have the courage of your convictions and not sign yourself “throwing up”.
“Tzu fill is ungezunt”in everything. Just because someone voted for Trump doesn’t mean they think he is the Moshiach.
Gedolei Hatorah in Israel encouraged Haredim to vote in the last election.
Hashem runs the world all pi derech ha Teva and that means we have to live in this world and participate in politics to a certain extent.
The letter writer was criticizing people’s obsession over politics, not voting or participating in politics where appropriate. There is a big difference and if you can’t tell the difference, the mussar in the letter is probably something you need.
“Trump will never bring us the geulah.”
How dare you say that???!!!! Trump is a gigantic Lubavitcher Chusid, he went to their Rebbe’s grave before the election, and may go again before long. Maybe he has a plan together with the Habad to reveal the Rebbuh MH”M to the world.
I hear. You’re saying good, I think.
There have been many leaders through the millennia who were not Jewish and did great things for klal Yisrael who are revered. There were also Jewish ones who did great things for klal Yisrael some of whom we Revere and celebrate. None have brought the geula nor were they intended to. Discussing politics and politicians and what their plans are and how they will affect our lives is completely normal and not at all antithetical. Trump or any other politician have nothing to do with bringing the geula. They have nothing in common. Your letter is a complete word salad similar to the politician who ran against Trump. Is there anything you do in your life as an oved hashem that has nothing to do with bringing about the geula? Work, vacation, your kids homework? Do you ever speak devarim betailim? Crack a joke? Maybe you are a tzaddik nistar gadol hador who hasn’t been discovered. Somehow I’d doubt it if you are on the Internet writing a long winded letter to matzav. The time you spent on this certainly didn’t bring the geula any closer. I hope you can recognize the hypocrisy and irony of your letter.
Mashiach ben David
And especially when he did something bad. Bad hostage deal
Why do we free 30 murders for 1
We are so busy with how the internet is destroying the generation but I always wondered why there is no mention of the news addiction that is destring our youth like kol mevasser bochurim and officially kollel yungerleit our addicted to this outlet.
Thank you for this much needed reminder.
I always scroll down to the bottom of every rant before starting to read. If there is no name, I don’t waste even a second reading anonymous drivel.
Purim is less than two months away. There was a king then who made a party and he also had Yidden there. And they got into big trouble afterward. We don’t put our faith in a bossor vedom, how many times must one learn that lesson before it gets internalized?
May Hashem watch over us.
Achashveirush didn’t pardon Rubashkin.
Trump did.
And that’s the difference, my friend.
Excellent and well written ,very clear.
Thank you
I guess thd letter was written by David Richter. Who else thinks this was worth reading?
Lots of people, smarty pants.
Thank you!
You write exactly, exactly what needs to be said. You got more comments than any piece by far. I voted for the man but everyone knows that the plague you speak of is a plague, that this near worship is ridiculous. Thank you for saying the truth and congratulations for getting the scorn of those who feel guilty inside. You started to save them.
It is important to view heilige yidden with an ayin tov. Speaking about politics involves no aveiros and is an alternative to problematic speech such as lashon hora etc. So please try to be more loving of your fellow Jew. H”Y loves it when we love each other.
There are many good reasons why someone would leave his name off a rant
It does not mean anything that the above ranters have suggested
Trump’s ascendancy gives us some breathing space to finally get our act together. This is a gift from HaShem, so let’s use it wisely. The constructive approach is to work with elected officials who want to be on our side in reaching our goals around the world. For our purposes, Trump is certainly no worse than the Austrian Kaiser Franz Josef.
Lol at the hypocrisy of comments who complain about the anonymity of the letter writer, but don’t write their own name.
@same rationalist (comment above) your defensive reaction is very telling…
No. This letter writer went public, expecting thousands to read his letter. We, the commenters, are not looking for any publicity. We’re just reacting to the coward who went public with his letter yet wouldn’t sign his name. Coward ben beno shel coward.
We need a kol koreh banning politics watching