mikehall:
On page 18 in Koveitz Maimarim chelek beis from Rav Elchonon Wasserman he quotes the Chofetz Chaim explaining that the GR”A went against Chassidus in order to prevent the Soton from doing it. Meaning he did it to help them.
If something is not your way then it is 100% wrong for every Gadol you quote, one can easily quote another Gadol that holds differently
This is not true. I do not think that there is an inherent problem in wearing a bekitshe as opposed to a frok or vis versa. I do not think that it is wrong to put on shel yad tefillin sitting down.
The truth is that I can’t really continue this conversation without stepping on people’s toes and that’s not my intention here at all. You don’t like that I used the word krum to describe R’ Kook’s zionistic teachings. That’s fine, I can understand that that was disrespectful towards the people who do and I apologize for that. It was not a comment I should have made on a public forum.
I do disagree with you though when you say that ‘zionism is not clear cut’. But that’s my hashkafa.
g_a_w:
That’s an appeal to ridicule right there. These are all small issues; a beketshe or a frok, a a shtreimel or a fedora. You don’t change the type of Jew you call yourself for those things.
Anyway my opinion on Zionism is irrelevant since it doesn’t exist anymore.
In fact I’m pretty sure this topic is a deflection from the original which was whether it is correct to send a child who is sitting and learning to the IDF.