The fast is over is E”Y, so those of us living here can have coffee!
intellegent, if the argument was that men should be learning Torah as part of their regular chiyuv instead of posting on the CR, that would be one thing. However, the purpose of this thread was to encourage users to learn Torah in the zechut of our brothers and sisters who are currently in danger. Doing so rather than posting in the CR is a better use of time, and those living in the affected areas of Israel need all the help they can get. This therefore has no relation whatsoever to the Jews who are actively doing the learning and everything to do with the Jews who are running to shelters every other minute. It doesn’t matter what a person’s natural tafkid or chiyuv is; we all need to do what we can to help out. For some women, this will mean learning Tanach or saying Tehillim rather than learning Gemara. But we all need to be doing something.
I just came from a funeral on Har Herzl for one of the soldiers who died this morning. It was such a beautiful thing to see hundreds of people gathered there in solidarity. After the eulogies were over, it took my friend and me about twenty minutes just to push through the crowd to see the grave properly. Many people, including relatives, were crying unashamedly. This is, I think, what the intent was behind this thread- that we shouldn’t just continue living our lives as if nothing had happened. For me, attending the funeral just meant taking a fifteen-minute bus ride, and I’m grateful that I live in E”Y and have access to this kind of stuff. But everyone can help in his or her own way. Spending all of one’s free time in the CR may not be harmful, but there are other positive things that one can be doing instead. Let’s try to keep that in mind as the war progresses.