They used to make parades in the towns, parades against the Torah Jews. I have a picture upstairs. It’s a photograph of a demonstration in the town of Chubashav, a May 1st parade. Who’s parading there? Not children, not young people. It’s well-dressed middle-aged Jews without anything on their heads marching down the street. And they’re carrying a big banner; from one side of the street to the other a big banner is waving: “Nider mit dem klerirkarlism.” Down with clericalism! It means down with the rabbis. Down with religion! And it was lifnei kol am v’eidah – it was openly displayed in the streets of a Jewish town. Down with the rabbinate!
Another picture, a different town. They’re marching with a big sign, “We Declare War On The Klerikalin.” War on the rabbonim, and the frum Jews. Through a Jewish town, that’s how they paraded. And not one town. Many!
So Rav Elchonon Wasserman said, “You’re declaring war on Hashem?! So Hashem will declare war on you!” That’s what Rav Elchonon said.
