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@ somejew
according to somejew the refutation of the baal hatchelet came in the form of the recent tshuvot vahanhagot by r moshe sternbuch shlita
the baal hatchelet lived 150 [about ?] years ago, so
according to somejew , until RM’S recent writing, the tchelet dye was binding halacha on everyone in klal yisrael ….
in one word … absurd.
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klal yisrael , mainly its talmidei hahamim , read the claims of the baal hatchelet AND REJECTED THEM
without any explicit refutational written work.
that is pashut kebeya bekutcha.
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exactly the same with satmar rav’s writings
anyone with a tiny drop of sechel and common sense knows that
extreme writings like katan and somejew’s ARE NOT ACCEPTED, AND REJECTED by the overwhelming majority of talmidei hahamim
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somejew is entitled to rant as much as he wants about the supposed kfira of anyone opposed to his views
and some supposed similarity of association with Zionism to association with xtianity
which is blatantly mezuyaf mitocho wherever you go in orthodox judaism , but
his rants will not change the torah ,
not change reality
and not change the judicious application of the torah to said reality in this specific case, as
it was done through centuries of halachik practise , in
numerous other issues and topics
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