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@somejewiknow You seem to misunderstand that Judaism has no more of an opinion on the “Zionist military enterprise” than it does on the effectiveness of the Yankees bullpen, the way to prepare yapchik, or the last scene in the Sopranos.
You also seem not to grasp that “divergents like Kook” knew more Bavli, Yerushalmi, Tosefta, Sifra, Sifrei, Mechilta, Midrishei Tanoim, Rishoinim, Rambam, Tur, Shulchan Aruch, Reb Akiva Eiger, Ktzois, Nesivos, Zohar, and Tikkunim, than you or anyone you know will learn in a lifetime. There’s a reason why Reb Elyashiv asked him to be misader kidushin at his own wedding, and there’s a reason why the Chazon Ish stood throughout his entire lengthy speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for Novardok in Bnei Brak. You’re an am ha’aretz כמו שכתוב, partly because of your upbringing, and partly because of your bad choices. Get a life, pick up a gemara, (you should start with soncino or artscroll), and start learning.
@gadolhadorah The “chareidim” about whom you worry so much, have no more of an obligation to fight in a מלחמת מצוה than you do. If you aren’t currently fighting for the IDF, why don’t you feel hypocritical asking them to? At least they learn Torah. Do you?