Reply To: Can golus end but the geulah still did not arrive?

Rav Shachter and Rav Belsky until his petira are the poskim for OU kashrus. They are not “mashgichim” but decide halacha policy and shailos. These are giants of Torah and halacha – not just in kashrus but many areas of Halacha, and their yedias HaTorah is far beyond the well-known roshei yeshivos and accepted rabbonim in America and Israel. That is why they are the poskim for the OU – an internationally recognized kashrus authority. To belittle such a godol b’Torah requires a ma’chah! Wez wouldn’t tolerate if someone belittled the possek of the EIda HaCharaidis or other accepted poskim of our generation. If you disagree with his shitos about Israel, just as you might disagree with Rav Cook and other gedolim of past generations, you still must be respectful.