It absolutely sickens me to see the reaction to Zionism and the labels of goyim, apikorsim, “chardak”, etc being applied to righteous Jews, just because they act or believe a certain way that doesn’t fit [name your sect] narrative. As if all the other Mitzvos are worthless, and the most important thing is this oath in a Medrash mentioned by the Gemara.
How people can base their entire existence (at least to outsiders, it seems that this is a very serious part of their culture and hashkafa) on this one Ma’amar in the Gemara is beyond me. What’s worse, is that it’s used as an excuse to rob, trespass, embarrass, defame, physically injure, etc – violating explicit halachos, many of which are clearly mentioned in the Torah.
If someone doesn’t eat kosher, does that give us a right to publicly embarrass them anytime we see them? If yes, why not publicly shame child molesters too? If not, why is this Chazal more important than the entire written and oral Torah? Especially, when it’s clear to all they must have erred in their interpretation of said Chazal.
Something is off…