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squeak: You insult something you know nothing about. Many Gedolim come from YU, and may Gedolim endorse it and teach there. Who are you to insult the likes of R’ Shechter, R’ Willig, and others of their caliber? Who are you to insult the Rav zt”l?
You say that YU took the proper derech haTorah and ruined it. I can make the same claim about R’ Ahron Kotler and Lakewood. The Gemara says in Kiddushin that a father is required to teach his son a trade. In the kesubos that everyone uses when they get married, it says that the husband will support his wife, not the other way around. The husband is required to provide his wife with food, clothing, and other items. How many people in Lakewood do that? Throughout history, there was never such a thing as the kollel. Only the best and brightest, the future leaders, were sitting and learning. Everyone else went out to support their family.
So, now, who took traditional Judaism and changed it?
Some people will refuse to refer to someone who gives a shiur in YU as a Rabbi, or won’t refer to him as “Rav” – only as Mr.
How would you feel if I said “Mr. Kotler ruined traditional Judaism”?