Reply To: I Guess I’m Pulling for the “Chabad Media” Now?

“If any of your aforementioned talmidei chachomim said that Rashi is wrong (c”v) I would call them apikorsim”

This is an important statement because it’s part of what I’m getting at. Everyone coming in from the outside eventually comes across this unwritten tenant of Orthodoxy that Rashi is always right. It’s a tough pill to swallow when you want to bring other meforshim that make more sense and argue on Rashi. It would be totally normal to have questions on this and want to discuss it. It is totally NOT normal to call people stupid for agreeing with Rashi.

Philosopher: this had nothing to do with you being a woman; I wasn’t even aware of that. That really doesn’t change anything about my point since almost no Bais Yaakov girl on the planet would say the things you’re saying (and, frankly, I’m being diplomatic by even including the word “almost”). I’m not advising you on how to “win” or even what you believe. I’m just advising you on how to be more normal, and step one is to keep the non-mainstream opinions on the down-low rather than acting like they’re more correct than everyone else.

As a side note, I don’t understand your point about asking a local Rabbi. He will tell you that some meforshim say it’s literal and some say it isn’t, as you already know. The sources have already been hashed out ad nauseam in the other thread. Are you wanting people to ask if they MUST hold like certain meforshim over others?

RightJew and Redleg: I don’t disagree in theory, but despite the title, this thread isn’t actually about Chabad. It’s about non-Chabad BTs accidentally making Chabad look absurdly reasonable in comparison by making terrible arguments, and this would go for any number of discussions on the CR. The actual Chabad posters still active on this site are mostly fully open about their Meshichism nowadays, so you aren’t going to “trick” them with any “gotcha” questions.