New Kid on the Block, this is NOT a general discussion about Chumras. This was a response to someone who was asking about “if anyone still believed in Torah and if Yiddishkeit is still beautiful”
There is a Yiddishe Neshoma here on this thread who is so hurt and feels so down that had a need to ask this question. I had a need to respond to it. An honest and sincere response to someone who obviously feels very disconnected. If you disagree, that is your right, but this is NOT the place to have a discussion about it. It is NOT the thread for that, it is however the thread for answering those in pain about their issues and addressing their pain. Do YOU get that? Is it possible for YOU to understand that?
I have chosen to come back into the CR specifically in this thread to help the OP here with her issue, a very serious and painful one. I have further chosen to stay out of the rest of the CR and the rest of the machlokes and discussions because i found them distasteful and insincere in the past. I have no intention of debating you or anyone else, nor justifying my position or my beliefs to you or anyone else on this subject or any other. So far, we have managed to maintain this thread with the proper respect and sincerity it deserves, because of the subject matter and because of the pain the OP and others reading it and experiencing the same situation are going through. The entire thread has been nothing less than individuals offering sincere advice and chizuk and those who have entered have had the decency to understand this was NOT a general discussion on OTD, the causes or a place for opinions on the subjects. Those who normally join those threads and wondered in respectfully chose to exit quietly.
I hope that you are getting the gist of my message. I don’t know who you are, but respectfully remind you that this particular thread has served a great purpose here and it is in the best interest of the OP that it remains that way and does not detour into anything other than that what it was meant to be and what it has been for months. If you were offended by my post then it was obviously not meant for your eyes but for another’s heart.
Kol Hakovod to you for following in your own way, participating in the chumros that you choose to follow and being the Frum Jew that you enjoy being, and to all the rest who do it their own way. Hashem loves you and will always love you and be at your side to guide you and help you. A gut Yur to all.