Reply To: Why Brooklyn Bais Yaakovs Need Unity Now

Willing to struggle and go through the hardship of making sure your children go to a Yeshiva or Bais Yaakov is not “Showing on the outside that you are holier”.

That is a despicable comment to make.

1: Yes it is. You have no idea what people are going through to call those who can not or will not send to Yeshivos “Not Frum”, unless “Frum” is a pejorative. What about all the people (and I know quite a few) who home school, at least partially due to financial concerns? Are they not “Frum”? Joe is defining “Frum” as “Showing off that I’m holier”.

I certainly don’t disagree with you that struggling to send your children to Yeshiva is a wonderful thing, but it doesn’t define who is or is not religious.

2: Does one have to send to a “heimish Yeshiva or Beis Yaakov” in order to be religious? Joe, by excluding many Shomrei Torah U’Mitzvos who do send to Jewish Day schools or even Yeshivos or Bais Yaakovs that are not sufficiently “heimish” from being “Frum”, has made the word “Frum” into a pejorative.