Reply To: Trolling Wikipedia

Other than the guy that thinks we can undo all minhagim at the snap of a finger (because Chazal were sexist), the other two, while strange and perhaps misguided, are not rejections of the binding nature of halacha at all. Once again I think you are confusing bad reasoning with a rejection of a portion of the halachic process.

What Rabbi Linzer suggested sounds like a kiruv strategy not some sort of rejection of Chazal. Also you are misusing Occam’s Razor.

Ben,

I don’t think you need to agree with me; but this is my opinion based on the extensive interaction I have with that community. I am aware of other people who disagree with me; for example Rabbi Broyde wrote an article disagreeing with me on this exact point for crosscurrents some time ago.

I think reading that as a kiruv theory is an overly charitable reading. Why don’t you spend a few days reading Mr. Linzer’s blog and see if you still think he agrees with you and is just doing a kiruv campaign.