Scoop Outdoor: Should We Remove this Ad?

Some have complained that this ad is causing them anxiety.

Should we remove it, or keep it up as an awareness?

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85 COMMENTS

  2. It’s supposed to give people anxiety! People, our holy brothers and sisters are kidnapped!!!! You should be anxious! Let’s not forget about them! If it was your child missing this would be of upmost importance to you! Feel a little, cry a little, you’ll be ok!

  8. Ask Daas Torah. Don’t rely on all the opinions you’re going to get. If you want, maybe use some of the opinions as part of your presentation when you speak to your Daas Torah.

  9. Take it down! And replace with a perek of tihillim. Causing the Little Children of Lakewood to have anxiety and panick attacks isn’t helping the hostages in any which way

    • Yes, you may want to change the word to abducted – so children don’t understand so acutely. It’s an important point he’s raising. We must be careful not to bring fears into children, it can really harm them.
      Also, even for adults, perhaps write ‘May God help them’.

      • That’s besides that Israel knew the attacks were coming and purposely allowed them, and has not given any concrete answer as to why. (They had been warned by Egypt that a major attack was coming; they sent all army commanders on vacation that morning; they claim their computers were down and could not see cameras and sensors all along wall. Falsehood! War brings much profit to countries. It’s that simple.

  10. A select few’s feeling of anxiety should not hold a candle to the suffering, pain and torture that these kidnapped people are experiencing. We are obligated to do everything in our power to help free them. It should not even be a thought to remove it . Think for a moment if you were one of those faces on the billboard , now would you even ask that question?

  11. Please Remove please!! You can change the message to remember to daven, say tehillim, be kind to others as a zechus ….or something like that. This is traumatizing our children it’s not necessary to print the words kidnapped and show faces of children it’s too scary for our vulnerable children.

    • Vulnerable? Yup. Keep em sheltered. As a matter of fact, keep em in a bubble. No connection to the outside world. Lemme know in 10 years how that worked out for you…

      • Kudos to you, you took the words straight out of my mouth!!! Can’t understand why people keep on sheltering the kids after seeing it doesn’t work and will never work!!

  12. Keep it up PLEASE!!!
    You are doing ALL of us a favor!
    We very much NEED the reminder!
    WE SHOULD BE HURTING TO THE CORE AND CRYING OVER THIS!!!
    WE SHOULD ALL BE STORMING THE GATES OF HEAVEN OVER THIS!!!!!
    If driving by makes us feel uncomfortable or causes us pain then
    sing Acheinu on repeat- with your kids.
    Say tehillim outloud together – with your kids.
    Discuss galus and the desperate need for a yeshuah- with your kids.
    Please do NOT shield them or any of your passengers from this- teach them at an appropriate level that AISEV SONEH YAAKOV.
    🙁

  15. This is not Manhattan.
    This is city full of little children.
    And Orthodox Jews.
    Who exactly are we trying to “bring awareness” to?
    (Or imitating?)
    Take it down.

  19. Ppl with small children will understand.. my daughter who is 7 and says tehillim all the time is anxious when seeing the words kidnapped. Its not the right way to remind us. ‘Say tehillim’.. which is the main thing should work as well. Ty

  21. Of course leave it up. Since when did our people become a people of comfortability? We are a nation of pain and suffering. We are supposed to be blev achad. Our brother and sisters have been horrifically kidnapped. This image is supposed to invoke feelings of anguish inside of us including children. This is the way a Jewish child should be raised. With the knowledge and that we are different and persecuted. This should be a stark reminder to them that we need to stay separate. This may be a good tactic of preventing the “OTD” craze.

    • Yeah, it’s important to care, but would you put those ‘kidnapped’ posters on your house? Why not?? It needs to be done with tact. Maybe in the world at large (as one commentator mentioned ‘this s not Manhattan’) it makes sense. But it’s very rough, and especially to keep it up for so long.

    • Definitely seek days Torah, but on another note all if you that seem to be experiencing or worrying that your children are being frightened or scared, stop being cowards talk to your children about it they are more resilient than you think, the fright they are showing is a reflection of you.
      If you would be brave and proud of being a JEW and our Judaism and let them know that no matter what HaShem will protect them at this most difficult time and always, they wouldn’t be soooo frightened.
      And besides that it could happen here too so let them be informed in the correct way to be careful because it’s our responsibility as parents to wake up we live in a different world today and as Yehudim one complaining about the other is the bigger problem so keep your responses positive and kosher that’s what HaShem really wants not complaints about the billboards scaring your children, your reaction should be let’s say tehillim for our brothers and sisters that are not in there homes if they even have a home or parents to go to, your reaction sets the tone so grow up and be a parent. “Bless you and all Am Yisrael!”

  23. what will give you a more meaningful Chanukah? to see this ad and daven really hard and sing by Hallel to thank Hashem for the miracle of their release, or to skip this ad and just see the ads about nice stuff to buy and cool things to enjoy???

    Of course this ad should stay up, it is holding up our perspective!

  25. Ask a shaila.

    If you ask me, i think it should stay up. Maybe change the word to something less familiar to children.

    Its misorrer me to daven when i see it.

    I

  26. Ofc it should stay up. Adults should feel anxious about it. Regarding children I agree the words should be changed to let’s pray or bring them home etc. but definitely ask ur das torah.

  28. HOSTAGES or ABDUCTED and/ or PRAY FOR THEM as the headline convey the same important message without being quite as traumatizing to our children as kidnapped is. May they all be rescued ASAP, BSD

  29. First of all kol hakovod to TLS for caring by asking “ should it be taken down “ ?
    It’s the only site that just wants to do what’s right
    Best to ask Daas Torah One could never go wrong by doing what they say
    Keep up the good work !

  30. Did we all forget about the important middah of NOSEI B’OL? FEELING the pain of of loving innocent brethren who are currently suffering? Does everyone remember when this topic was the Tisha bav topic one year for the worldwide video from the Chofetz Chaim Heritage foundation? We need to not only think about ourselves like we’re living in Sedom and also think about others especially if their going through a time of suffering.

    May we all accept Hashems wake up call for serious Teshuva and Achdus together ASAP so Hashem can send Mashiach already bkarov.

    Nothing is just coincidence. Everything Hashem does has a reason

  31. ABOSOLUTLY, KEEP IT UP!!!

    ITS PIKUACH NEFESH.

    THAT SAID, EVEN IF A CERTAIN DAAS TORAH ARGUES, AS LONG AS THERE IS ANOTHER DAAS TORAH THAT SAYS TO KEEP IT UP YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO KEEP IT UP — AS WE FIND IN HILCHUS YOM KIPPUR PERTAINING TO THE HALOCHOS OF A CHOLEH ON YOM KIPPUR IN A CASE IN WHICH 2 DAAS TORAH ARGUE.

    ALSO-

    THIS SHOULD BE KEPT UP JUST AS WE CONTINUE TEACHING OUR KINDERLUCH ABOUT THE STORY OF DINA BEING KIDDNAPPED. DAAS TORAH STOPS THERE. THERE IS NO GREATER DAAS TORAH THAN THE TORAH ITSELF!!!

    UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A FACT OF LIFE FOR EVERY GENERATION.

    THIS BILLBOARD IS OUR OBLIGATION AND HISHTADLUS FOR PIKUACH NEFESH. YAAKOV AVINEU DID 3 THINGS TO PREPARE FOR HIS WAR WITH EISAV. TEFILAH WAS JUST ONE OF THEM. HE ALSO ENGAGED WITH WAR. PART OF OUR FORM OF WAR IS THIS SPECIFIC BILLBOARD OF PUBLIC SOCIAL AWARENESS.

    OF COURSE WE SHOULD ALSO DAVEN JUST AS YAAKOV AVINEU DID.

  33. maybe also include their names for tehillim from betweencarpools… like when there’s a picture of one person at a time, in addition to their name and their age, put their tehillim name.

  34. Definitely keep it up. If this was c”v your kid, you would be spreading awareness and posting up lots of more signs around town. These are Hashem’s kids and our brothers and sisters!

  35. How can you ask that silly question. Let us use the anxiety the soul pain we all have seen those pictures We bleed the same as them. They are our brothers and sisters we are supposed to do chesed. Achdus. And prayers. Take upon yourself an hour of no loshan Hara. Do a nefesh chesban and talk to our Avino Malkeinu. Teach your precious children to say one small capitle of tehillim. Hashem loves the prayers of children. Give the benefit of the doubt to your friend. Your spouse. Your child. Talk don’t lecture. If we could all do one thing Hashem will answer our prayers

  43. A little anxiety us good for us living a comfortable life in America while Jewish children are held in the darkest of places. We need to feel their pain in order to awaken ourselves to our responsibility to them and all toshvei Eretz Yisroel. Keep it up. כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה

  44. Perfectly said by @Shani Klein:
    KEEP IT UP! WE SHOULD FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE! EXPLAIN TO YOUR KIDS, SING ACHEINU & SAY TEHILLIM WITH THEM.

    Kol hakavod to Scoop for the billboard. Others should copy their example around the country.

  45. Yes, we must continue our tehilim unabated- this hostage cease fire is not a relief, on the contrary, they are dragging out the hostage release to buy time to regroup, and prevent the army from continued destruction of hamas, but with our davening and zchuyos, the kol yaakov, we can defeat them and bring the final Geula this time. They cannot overpower our tefilos if we believe in our tefilos, that Hashem is really listening and waiting for them. Especially the tefilos of children. This is all we have! Remain united and daven!

  46. The same spot has one sign kidnapped and one with let’s say a Perek. Depending on which one we arrive to at the red light that is how my daughter (9) will react. Kidnapped she gives a krechtz and looks away and perek she says mommy let’s say a perek now! So which one do u think works better??????
    I like idea aforementioned of changing maybe the word to hostage or abducted…

  47. Its an important reminder that we have to daven for the hostages and for ourselves! This is golus Edom! We have to show The Aibershter that we are crying for the Geula of all Yidden.

  48. Keep it up please!!!!! I hope those families that want to keep there kids in a bubble are also not preventing their kids from knowing their Jewish history….like the Holocaust cuz that can surely cause anxiety as well!

  49. Please take it down. I wanted to reach out and ask that it please be removed since my 9 year old daughter is suffering from anxiety and this is really scaring her. ( so many regular kids today suffering from anxiety why put this in their face) have rachmanus

  52. What does anxiety have to do with caring. I daven so hard and care so much for another yid. Seeing the word kidnapped makes you and your children say tehillim? Children have children brains they are not adults and every time we pass and they see kidnapped they stress over it. What does sheltered have to do wi anything. My kids are well aware of the situation in EY and daven a lot! The dont need to pass the words kidnapped on the way to a bar mitzva and hold on for dear life because all that particular word does it instill fear. How is fear helping our brethren. Do you say tehillim when you see the word kidnapped. What have you done to help these yidden. We have done multiple different group incentives for davening extra mitzvos and packages,letters for soldiers and their fam…let’s not miss the boat.. List their tehillim names.

  53. Personally I don’t think anything actually comes out from posting these signs. No one who can actually do anything sees them and say “ok let me do something about it”. We aren’t forgetting every shul school and in between is say tehillim so no forgetting. Only scares little kids who don’t need that suffering they suffer enough from social pressures

  54. If anyone wants to join a nightly effort to say tehilim (you can pick which chapters you want to say anytime between seven pm and midnight – and you are only making a commitment to say it for that specific night), please email me at dasigoldsmith2@gmail.com to get the link to the sign on document. May we hear besoros tovos, bezH!

  55. Take it down.
    Lakewood is a city with many children. even for the small chance it will cause anxiety in a child, its not worth it.
    Are we really willing to risk the health of another child? Aren’t we suffering enough?
    How exactly will this billboard help bring a single hostage home??
    Lakewood is not home to the UN or the US congress…
    Much better to replace with reminder to say more tehilim.

  56. Are they scared when they hear about Avraham in the kivshan haesh? What about the Akeida? And about Dina being kidnapped? What about Yosef in a pit? The Motzei beating the Yiddin? The gory details of the makos…And the Story of Chanukah? And Chana And her 7 sons? What about the Purim story? We tell it all in detail cuz’ that’s our mesorah. And our kids are FINE!
    Keep it!!! It should be on everyone’s mind all the time and we must be nosei beol!!!!
    May we see the ultimate geulah bekarov!

  58. You must keep it up. How would you feel it was you kid or family member is gd forbid taken hostage you want as much publicity and prayers as possible. This shows that we are caring and united with all yisroel. And this unity brings mossiach closer. This is kiddish HaShem having this up. And what age do you talk about the holocaust. You have a mitzvah to keep it up.

  59. Rt 9 Lakewood is Not just for the Jews. It’s for anyone of all backgrounds to see and be reminded that there is activity hostages not released. There is barbaric animals not only living in Israel but worldwide.
    It reminds everyone to be alert.
    It could say in addtion to kidnap THE words PRAY FOR THEM.

    Are we to be like the USA during the holocaust who did not want to know what was really happening in Europe.

    We needed to be reminded.
    Not just jews. Everyone. 9/11 may be foreign for many of you. It’s not for those that worked in NYC or were mature enough to understand it.

  60. Remove it. Doesn’t belong on a billboard that will also show pizza, donuts, shoes snd diamonds. During the Holocaust, the NYT was notorious for placing articles about Death Camps way inside the paper next to articles about a new deodorant or something similar.

  62. This must not come down till all the hostages come back,if this is causing you anxiety then see a doctor taking it down is not helping your problems!

  64. What people here fail to understand is that Israel is at war and the hostages are being used as pawns for the other side to Chas Veshalom gain more time, more terrorists and more momentum to C”V plan further attacks. Yes they are kidnapped, but does the army put up billboards each time a soldier is taken hostage from the enemy side? What I’m trying to explain is that “kidnapped” is not the right term to be used during wartime. This is why children are getting scared because they don’t understand the full picture of war. Just saying that 240 people are kidnapped out of nowhere is very unsettling to a child who needs safety in his world. The correct term should be “Taken Hostage” and then children will understand that these things mostly only happen in time of war.

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