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AviraDeArah
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I asked a simple question. Name a religious zionist rabbi or writer who affirms that judaism is a religion and only a nation, solely because of the Torah, and nothing else.

Instead, you go on and on in an impassioned narrative justifying rabbi kook and ignoring his clear nationalism in his writings.

Does rabbi kook say anywhere that the Jews are a nation only because of the Torah? It would undermine his ideas that secular jews are an integral part of klal yisroel, because they build up the land.

As for rabbi shechter – again, you’re missing my point. If the state doesn’t have implications for Jewish identity(because only the Torah makes us a nation and only it is worth dying for) then why sacrifice Jewish lives? It’s only because the state (whether religious or especially if it’s secular) is a part of the Jewish nation – i e., The nation has an element of its composite besides the Torah.

His nationalism made him make the biggest mistake of his otherwise very accomplished career in psak. It shows how bad hashkofos impact halacha.