http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2014/04/07/a-letter-to-a-troubled-charedi-father/
Well this is definitely better than his last post in fact in theory he is correct. The isssue that needs to be addressed is at what point will charedim say ok we do not see the army as a threat to our level of observervance? My hunch is never
My comment which, of course, won't get published:
ReplyDeleteYes, you did compare those who disagree with you to Amalek. It's like if I were to say that I hope you try to eat your matzos at the Seder like Rav Yair Hoffman recommends and then say that anyone who tries to eat that much matzah that fast is likely to choke, oh but by the way I never said I hoped you'd choke!
Then there's your endorsement of Rav Shmuel Auerbach, until recently the black sheep of the world for daring to defy Ravs Shteinman and Kanievsky. Then he advises people to disobey the law and he's a hero again! What kind of community admires people like that?
Dina d'malchusa dina is clearly not in the Chareidi law books or do we say "Our interests" are docheh actual halachic rules?