If you have ever eaten in a fast food restaurant in the New York Metro area you have encountered those annoying Breslov guys that give you stacks of little white books from finding a soulmate (they give those when your on a date) to making money, no matter what you do you cannot escape the Breslov book guys.
I one time told them that I would give them tzedaka if they didn’t give me any books, I got up to go to the bathroom and sure enough when I came back there was a stack of books I would never look at. In fact I am troubled because my car is full of soggy Breslov books that I am not sure what to do with, can I just throw them out, or are they holy?
Does anyone even use these books? Or are they just a waste of paper? Why can’t they give me something useful like a set of English Mishna Bruras or something.
I love Mendy Pellin and my friend Adam I found the following brilliantly hilarious Mendy Pellin video about this topic.
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Mendy is funny
My friend asks for specific books. He does this so they’ll leave him alone, the books get left in the store! (Yes, he does give money.)
Oh in every pizza store in Brooklyn you can find stacks of the books
If no one ever used the books then you can just throw them out.
Matisyahu? Hehehe That`s funny.
These guys came into my yeshiva dorms once at about 2 AM. When we mentioned it to the Rebbeim the next morning, they told us to throw out the books and that if they ever come back, we should call one of the Rebbeim (even in middle of the night) to come chase them out. A few hours later, the same Rebbe called me to say that he hopes I haven’t thrown the books out yet because they might have Sheimos, so I shouldn’t throw them out, but whatever I do, don’t leave them in the Bet Midrash! Five months later, they’re still sitting in my dorm.
What I’m wondering is, if they run out of books, do the Breslov guys just go to the pizza stores in Brooklyn to get some more?
IYB that is a great question – the only good book I ever got from them was a Kitzur Likutei Morhan – but its in Hebrew
i once got a breslov book that i didn’t want, so i didn’t even look at it as i put it in my pocket. i get home, and start kvetching to my brother as we’re waiting for the elevator in the apt.building about these annoying breslov books and how i don’t want this crap about finding a shiddukh or whatever it is blah blah blah and then i finally take it out and it’s titled…. “don’t complain”! :-O
Haha its like those books can tell the future
I’ll tell you what to do with them, burn it with your chametz
To Burn Holly BOOKS ? who are you Jesus ???
this BOOKS are HOLLY and have parts of Torah and needs GENIZA
See you on the Burner #5
My friend Yissi told me that he was once sitting in one of those pizza shops on Ave. J, and there was a couple clearly on a shidduch date being very obnoxiously loud. In come the Breslov book guys. My friend showed them a $50 bill, pointed to the couple, and said “this 50 is yours if you just dump every book you have on their table, leave this restaurant, and don’t come back for the rest of the night”. According to him, they did it.
LOL on the Matis bit; last I heard, he was dabbling in Karlin-Stolin, but he’s still living in Crown Heights because his wife likes the community. Heh, that was just funny.
And hey, if you want bad, those little inspiration pamphlets that the Mormons pass out. Hey, at least their ‘shiluchim’ are funny. Like why are they always smiling? Much as I like busting the chops of evangelists (got a whole ‘Jesus doesn’t love you and if he was still alive he’d kick your tuchus’ schpeil), somehow I feel guilty doing it to Mormons.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!
I love it.
if u want to despose of them use shemes or give it to me and i use them i collect they have english ones
Yea I used to be all into giving them money but then my mom forbabde me from bringing any more booklets home…They LOVED giving me and my friends the dating books…
Btw who else is starving from looking at the food in the video…?
I have the obnoxious friends who ENCOURAGE these guys. They think it’s cool and they want the books and get mad when I try to blow the guys off. BTs-female BTs! They also give money to the bums.
Oh i am starving my friend has no pesach pots and pans
i was once really angry about something and I got “it’s not as tough as you think” and “happiness comes from within”
I hate it if they pull a credit card machine out and ask for money. First time I saw it was at a friend’s wedding. Its like come on you were invited so you can eat not shakedown the guest.
Michal, I would never get mad at you if you would blow me off.
At some times of year they have calendars which are pretty good – they have candle lighting times, what parsha it is that week, etc.
Other than that, they’re just plain annoying.
I once saw one walking down Ave J in Brooklyn, when a yeshiva guy was running to try and catch a bus at the E. 16th St stop. Sure enough, he crashes right into the guy, and the books went flying everywhere. I couldn’t help myself, I burst out laughing and couldn’t stop for about 5 minutes.
Hornball,
I don’t think you meant that the way it came out, based on the name “Hornball.” Blowing someone off is when you give them a cold shoulder… become too busy for them and hope they get it, essentially, what was attempted in the video. However, my friends, gave money and asked for books. It got in the way of my blowing off Breslov book guy “game,” if you will. If I had been alone… I got game…
Werd…
L’masah, you really should look into investing in solar and renewable energy.
Other than that, I suppose you could collect’em all and trade, like pokemon.
How many people do you know, spend their time spreading torah in to the wee hours of the morning? What a great zechus!
Imagine how many people are inspired by the books.
While we sit and chazer down our food, these people are auctually productive.
Keep up the great work.
I agree Moshe, many people in Israel and in the US have done great amounts of Tshuva from reading these booklets, produced in Yavne’el produced by the the Mohorosh Shlita who takes precious time to have these sefarim translated.
I dont understand why such a beautiful message of hope is treated like Garbage, it is meant to uplift and help everyone
Very GOOD
Hashem Bless you
This Books Are Holly