Reply To: Public menorah lightings and rooftop menorahs

There is a HUGE difference, one being the court of law and second being the court of public opinion.

In a court of law I would support Chabad 100% if they were denied the permit even sending a check to legal fund, simply reason, Menorah today, shul closure tomorrow, Metzitza ban the next day, Bris ban after that, very simple we have to stop the anti religious bias in its tracks.

In the court of public opinion I find it absurd the need to have a public meorah lighting in every little dorf, and to drive around town with menorahs on the roof of the cars all under the guise of “persumi nisa” If either one was the case Reb Moshe Feinstein, Rabbi JB Soloveitchik or the Bobover Rebbe for example would have done it here in the US, all were makpid on hidur mitzva.
And frankly I don’t think a ragtag line of Harleys with mounted menorahs followed by a school bus of kids hollering out the windows, followed by a bunch of minvans is persumi nisa.
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