There are many organizations within the haredi world that have only one goal: literal enslavement of as many young people as possible to the haredi camp, thereby increasing their sources of power.

These organizations are not amateur in their performance. Becoming “reborn” is an advanced and well-developed industry that generates hundreds of millions of shekels each year, operates special classes for training preachers, organizes mass seminars, publishes books, pamphlets, leaflets and audio cassettes, and provides everything for the newly reborn--clothing, study materials, and even a wife.

The tactics used to recruit new haredim include explicit acts of fraud and deceit which subtly drain from the young and curious the ability to make choices. Throughout the process, psychological and sociological techniques are applied to the youngster's unconscious. The free-thinker transforms into a victim; from that time, his way back is quickly cut off. This pattern is well documented among cults in North America.

Each year, hundreds, if not thousands, of young people are caught in the nets of the mahzirei b’tshuvah. There are facts indicating that not only those of weak character, the ignorant, or people of low socio-economic standing fall prey. Intelligent and well-to-do people are also ensnared by the wily preachers. Pressures applied during times of distress (such as mourning, health problems, business failures, and family problems) are applied in the right dosage by professional preachers. In this manner they lead the weak and the weakened to become reborn.

The reborn are not well accepted among haredim, and their status within is that of a second-class citizen. (The reborn almost always marry with other reborns.) Due to the radical change in their way of life, they often become even more stringent in their new religion, and become preachers themselves. Their personal experiences, knowledge and capabilities that they acquired as modern Jews serve as efficient ammunition.

The young people who almost instantly change their lives suffer emotional distress. They are removed from their normal daily activities, culture, personal relationships, and quickly fade into a world that is constructed of "thou shalt not" rules--many of which never were part of Judaism. There are also stories of broken homes and parents who never see their children again.