Reply To: Texting on Shabbos could be worse than murder

Mayan Dvash: Shabas Shabason? – Point taken – I’ll concede maybe Yom Kippur is as holy or holier than Shabos. I think though that R’ Avigdor Miller in one of his books states the opposite. Yom Kipur though does not carry chiyuv misah bidei shomayim – it’s Onesh is Kareis.

Health: On the contrary, your quote from the Rambam proves my point PRECISELY. Kipah is applied to murderers NOT BECAUSE OF THE GRAVITY OF THE SIN OVER OTHERS like Avodah Zorah, Shabos etc, but because it has the unique aspect of ‘destroying society’ warranting the immediate response of doing away with whatever is causing this.

Regarding your point about me screaming Fire and Brimstone etc. Please look at my previous posts where I have already explained that I am not proposing this response as a way to get the kids back on track. Obviously it would not work. But this is not a Kiruv Forum. This is the Yeshivah World. My point is that people identifying with the Yeshivah/Torah orientated outlook should be crying and at least internally protesting at what’s going on with our kids as much as they would in response to murder. How you talk to the kids is a different discussion.