Barry respondsBarry's Response part IIRabbi Ginzberg respondsThe beginning of it all?This is an opportunity that can't be squandered. There is this whole demographic out there that can be swayed either to
Chassidus, or to
Shachniks like Rabbi Ginzberg, who is importing Israeli
Haredism and trying to tow in the simple souls out there. [ I'm not quite sure how a CC
talmid becomes a
Bene Beraqמחבל, but I guess it happens. And this isn't meant to be a personal attack on the good Rabbi, that's not what we do here...] Barry's encounters
Chabad seem to be everlasting, the words of a
Tzaddik have that affect. As do
shluchim like the late
Reb Shlomo Zalman Hecht, who exude a positive message. This is a watershed moment when these people are reacting and rejecting the demagoguery forced upon them. We have to be there for them, giving them the healthy alternative. Am alternative steeped in
Torah and tradition yet imbued with
Ahavas Yisroel that will keep the masses from totally rejecting the traditions their ancestors fought so hard to keep. Rabbi Ginzberg may be trying to be true to his
Rebbi's teachings, but doing it at the expense of
Torah leaders dear to thousands upon thousand of Jews is not the way to do it. כאן המקום להזכיר several important points, ויה"ר that in this זכות may we be זוכה to בנין ביהמ"ק השלישי במהרה בימינו ממש.
You might notice how the פשוט'ע
Yiddishe sentiments of חיבת הארץ and רחמנות etc. are being scorned upon by the thought police. You, you simple
gornisht, you with the blue shirt and knitted
Yarmulke, you can't have an opinion. We tell you how to think and when to think it. We're the ones who have the mesorah and we tell you what goes. But notice the
haredi elite are exporting politics, masked as existential threats to
yiddishkeit, to the unassuming. זאג נישט פאר קיינעם, but we all know that the way it is now in EY is a new reality. This was NOT the way it was meant to be. Yes, Lapid's plan ( and the
yold Lipman) is wrong and the way to do it is not to force it on the people, but we're fighting a battle that most of us don't believe in. We're officially standing up for a way of life that 95% of us don't follow. And besides, who brought them into the whole mess, by trying to get
yeshivos fully funded, in exchange for
not pushing the implementation
of mihu yehudi? Once again we're witnessing a throwback to the times of the הייליקע B
aal Shem Tov when the scholarly elite was out of touch with the masses and scorned them. We see במוחש how the
chassidish vs.
misnagdish approach is still a very big factor in day-to-day life. I just don't understand why everything to
far-entfer the
B'
nei Brak approach is a whole
pilpul, בבחינת מגדלים הפורחים באויר, and they can't give simple answers to simple questions?!
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