aries2756:
Kindly permit me to join the fray. In most other issues I don’t come close to your ankles. That’s why I’d NEVER differ from your priceless pieces. Actually masterpieces. Really. However when it comes to Torah issues, I must stand up for k’vod Shamaim. Remaining silent is tantamount to an admission. We are dealing here with one of the principles of the Torah. The issues of Am HaNivchar, and the attacks of the Umos Haolam to dismiss these basics.
The Torah says clearly and unequivocally ???? ??? ??’ ???????, clearly and exclusively US! Another pasuk in Vayikra: ?????? ???? ?? ????? ????? ??. Another: ??? ????? ?????. Torah Nevieim and Ksuvim are FULL with such pesukim. Again – we share the same planet, breathe the same air, yet dynamically separate. ??? ????? ?????. We get along because that’s the setup HaShem prepared for us, but that’s where it ends.
Read from Rabbi Miller’s sefer Awake My Glory – where he deals with this issue at length.