HaKatan:
Why is it automatically assumed that someone who is not exactly like you “has influence on them has not come from foreign sources but rather from only Torah sources.”??? There are a vast majority of “modern” buchrim learning in eretz yosroel who wear a knit yalmakah or dress casual but are top notch. They are very frum and have a vast knowledge of torah wisdon but dont dress yeshivish, why should they be not accepted the same as someone who is the exact same as them but dresses differently?