Reply To: Bothered by the Lakewood Matzav?

If Lakewood wants to have complete control over the seviva, they can try forming a vaad ha’ir like they have in Eretz Yisroel. Otherwise, they have to accpet that Jews like clustering in towns and cities, and Lakewood’s growth as a frum city will naturally attract people. If you want to push lifetime of learning, then you will attract rich people as mechutanim to talmidim. And they’ll want to move near their kids and grandkids. And others will move there as well. Hashem loves all Jews and looks for the good in everyone. That was Hashem’s lesson to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. That doesn’t mean Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai had to lower his standards. But it’s possible to love other Jews even when you have hashkafic or even halachic differences.