The Purim "Gvir". Here is how the joke which stirred the net was created
Friends of Pinchas Friedman, a Chossid of 24, decided to pull the leg of the London kehilla. "He won millions of pounds". Many internet sites, such as Ynet and others fell into the trap, and his friends explain to Bechadrei Chareidim how they did it.
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Didn't win the British Lottery, Pinchas Friedman
The Purim hoax which a few Chareidi youngsters from London fabricated, managed to stir the entire net, and to turn into the topic of the day in the Chareidi Kehilla of Stamford Hill.
Pinchas Friedman, a Chassidish Avreich of 24, is accustomed to fill out a lottery form once a month. Yesterday (Tues.) his friends decided to pull the leg of the Chareidi Kehilla of London. At a late night hour, two of his colleagues took an article about a lottery win from the BBC's site, and made small changes in it. So, for example, the name of the winner was changed to the Avreich's name.
In the article, his friends added citations in his name about the winning. "I listened to the radio, and there was the lottery so I listened, I didn't think I'd win anything. I took out the ticket and listened in shock when one after the other, the numbers I chose appeared", they wrote in his name.
They also added, that the winning will not change his professional choice, they wrote in his wife's name: This is a huge sum of money, but we intend to turn our family and friends into millionaires. They were shocked".
The sum of the winning, according to the made up article is 37.4 million pounds (over 220 million NIS) in the Euromillions lottery. According to the article, this is the highest sum of lottery which any Jew ever won in the British Empire.
The fabricated article was spread by his friends in the news groups in Blackberry and emails which were sent to friends. Within a few hours, Friedman got tens of phone calls from relatives and friends who congratulated him on his win.
But a checkup of Bechadrei Chareidim shows that this is a joke. In the lottery which was held yesterday in the country, there was no winner. Shmuel S., one of Friedman's friends and a resident of the neighborhood, tells in a talk with Bechadrei Chareidim of the sequence of events: "Pinchas works in a very well known butchery in Stamford Hill. He is accustomed to fill out a lottery every month, with the claim that one day he'll become a multi-millionaire.
For Purim, we decided to pull his leg, and a friend who works with him at the butchery plus another friend, decided to write the article without his knowledge. He was surprised by the number of responses he got, but the last time he filled out a lottery was two weeks ago, without any connection to the present lottery".
The Ynet writer received the article, and there it was reported as part of the day's news in the world. They did not check the details, and even quoted Friedman's words which appeared in the BBC's article – something which was never written at all.
Do you need any more proof that Purim is here already?!
Pinchas Friedman, a Chassidish Avreich of 24, is accustomed to fill out a lottery form once a month. Yesterday (Tues.) his friends decided to pull the leg of the Chareidi Kehilla of London. At a late night hour, two of his colleagues took an article about a lottery win from the BBC's site, and made small changes in it. So, for example, the name of the winner was changed to the Avreich's name.
In the article, his friends added citations in his name about the winning. "I listened to the radio, and there was the lottery so I listened, I didn't think I'd win anything. I took out the ticket and listened in shock when one after the other, the numbers I chose appeared", they wrote in his name.
They also added, that the winning will not change his professional choice, they wrote in his wife's name: This is a huge sum of money, but we intend to turn our family and friends into millionaires. They were shocked".
The sum of the winning, according to the made up article is 37.4 million pounds (over 220 million NIS) in the Euromillions lottery. According to the article, this is the highest sum of lottery which any Jew ever won in the British Empire.
The fabricated article was spread by his friends in the news groups in Blackberry and emails which were sent to friends. Within a few hours, Friedman got tens of phone calls from relatives and friends who congratulated him on his win.
But a checkup of Bechadrei Chareidim shows that this is a joke. In the lottery which was held yesterday in the country, there was no winner. Shmuel S., one of Friedman's friends and a resident of the neighborhood, tells in a talk with Bechadrei Chareidim of the sequence of events: "Pinchas works in a very well known butchery in Stamford Hill. He is accustomed to fill out a lottery every month, with the claim that one day he'll become a multi-millionaire.
For Purim, we decided to pull his leg, and a friend who works with him at the butchery plus another friend, decided to write the article without his knowledge. He was surprised by the number of responses he got, but the last time he filled out a lottery was two weeks ago, without any connection to the present lottery".
The Ynet writer received the article, and there it was reported as part of the day's news in the world. They did not check the details, and even quoted Friedman's words which appeared in the BBC's article – something which was never written at all.
Do you need any more proof that Purim is here already?!