Reply To: Derech Emuna settlement

Many points can bedated about הגרא”י קוק זצוק”ל

first of all he was a greater talmid chacham than any of the posters on here

Second the Imrei Emes famoiusly said “אהבה מקלקלת את השורה”
In my limited understanding that means that his motives were pure and stemmed from a good place

If he said that soccer players in e”y are better than talmidei chachomim abroad etc … it is obviously not da’as torah

An older person told me that one thing the kana’im achieved was to change tje public view of הגרא”י, in his lifetime he was viewed far more favorably, yet today even those who do not accept or even admire the Satmar viewpoint has far less respect for him.