Comments on: Gafne Warns of Consequences of Continued Infighting in Agudah

By: sayitlikeitis

sayitlikeitis — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:15:54 +0000

VOTING is a great priviledge given to residents of free countries, but voting does not ensure that your candidate will win or that your agenda will be supreme. Be a role model, follow the gedolim and go out there and have fun on “Yom HaBechirot” in Israel.

By: eli lev

eli lev — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:28:41 +0000

#3 daniel b.
with respect- i read ur post carefully & u seem to be confusing 2 [or more] issues.

why do u not vote? bec.

1- u have bad feelings about how thw ashknazy utj relates to sfardi shas? [to me- even if ur feelings are based in reality, it doesnt seem to me the way to make such a decision, wich gedolei torah have paskened otherwise,saying its a chiuv to vote!!]

2- has ur rav paskened for u that its bittul torah to vote?
or is it just an added remark showing that u feel that its a better to learn torah on voting day, than to listen to the gedolim. [unless u follow the “satmar” shita tat its assur to vote, & if so even if u dont learn any torah u still shouldnt vote!
3-are u saying its assur to be a mk or to vote a yid into the knesset [in ur words "beis a.zara"] like the satmar shita.?

i also find it hard to undrstand how ur not voting is the “ultimare solution”.

By: eli lev

eli lev — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:01:28 +0000

#7
my gosh!! the comparison is way off.[to put it mildly]

By: lakewooder2

lakewooder2 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:35:25 +0000

if the gedolin where listened to instead of being manipulated by these so called “chariedi” politicians meir porush would not have been the candidate for mayor. just for starters….
which godol told him “you are our first choice for mayor, go win” ?

By: mkarpas

mkarpas — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:17:36 +0000

#3 Daniel.

Is that what your doing now. Learning Torah while blogging on the “holy” internet.

If you are on it, it must be holy.

I bet you take a sefer to a wedding to learn.

By: deepthinker

deepthinker — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:17:15 +0000

GAFNI HAS A WELL-EARNED REPUTATION AS A VETERAN HAREIDI STATESMAN, RESPECTED BY ALL.

By: Daniel Breslauer

Daniel Breslauer — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:26:47 +0000

#2: Because the Ashkenazi UTJ would never lower itself to cooperating with a Sephardi party which is larger than UTJ itself. They would be subject to Rav Ovadia Yosef’s decisions also, and they would never allow that.

The ultimate solution is *not* to vote at all, as I do. Saves time on election day also. I spend that time learning Torah instead of standing at an election booth voting a frum Yid into a beis avodah zarah.

By: stan the man

stan the man — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:06:05 +0000

Is ECONOMICS the only problem that UTJ concerns itself with? So why not unite with SHAS who is concentrating on finances solely also…….