YO, i just explained why. See above; influence is a very big issue. That’s why European jewry fell prey to maskilim; they didn’t want to dissociate themselves from the outsiders. Yekkies under rav hirsch were successful, as were chasidim, chasam sofer yiden, and hard yeshivish people, but the rest fell aside eventually. It’s one of many lessons to learn from the Holocaust.
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