I’m not almost there . I am there .
You are the one who is almost there .
Steipler writes nothing about whether they may be a kofer or not .
Steiple addresses exactly our she’ela . A fully frum believer in athalta degeula is not a kofer .
he is bichlal amitecha .
assur to speak lashon hara about him .
exactly what I said .
therefore , it is obvious that it is a mitsva min hatorah to love him.
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you , somejew are adding to the staipler that he may be a kofer for another reason .
your own private observation is totally correct – as correct as the observation that any satmar hasid may be a kofer for another reason …..
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