pashuteh,
1)”You have quoted a footnote which I do not know if I am required to believe is correct unless somebody shows me the original. (I do not have that sefer.)”
Boy, you’re really desperate, eh?
2)”I have not seen a single reason yet for the psak, and you have not supplied one.”
Not that you deserve one – but – “hikkon” is a chiyuv whereas tefilla b’tzibbur is an “inyan”. The mechaber only says “yishtadel” to daven b’tzibbur. (Don’t go posting now that I’m mezalzel in t’filla b’tzibbur)
3)”When a godol paskens, he is mechuyav to give reasons”
A)Only to Hashem, not to you.
B)And your the judge of the validity of his reasons? Your chutzpa is mind boggling.
4)”Reb Moshe didn’t just write one-line teshuvahs saying “because I said so”.
B)The Chazon Ish paskened that the Steiplers daughters should allow themselves to be killed “because I said so” – without giving a reason.
5)”It occurred to me that possibly Reb Chaim may hold that tikun hamalbushim is meakev tefilah”
The shaila here is what has kadima – that’s all.
6)”I did the usual screaming against college, and against modern orthodox, and against various ethnic groups saying they were vilder chayas.”
Now you’ve limited it to just screaming against people who try to be medakdek b’halacha. How noble.
7)”I feel much more ruchniyus and appreciation for the chochma of the RBSH and the incredible beauty of his world in the hashkafah of ahavas habriyos than I ever did in my older hashkafah of gayvah and bitul of everything.”
One should only be mevatel & mezalzel in those who speak publicly against b’nei torah & Rabbonim. Everyone else should be treated with the utmost respect.
8)”(He stopped being mevatel everything, and started to appreciate the hard work of people even if they were not learning full-time.)”
We appreciate anyone who tries to keep halacha even when it’s inconveinent instead of saying “I feel differently” or “that’s just one opinion” when they have no clue what they are talking about & don’t even know what section of Shulchan Aruch the halacha is discussed in.
I happen to work for a living, the difference is that I look UP to b’nei torah.
BTW,
Thank you Joseph.