modern orthodoxy is a different religion based on the jewish law books. it is not the derech hashem that we have from the avos hakedoshim and it is not the derech hatorah that we have from moshe rabbeinu. they can call themselves ‘jewish’, ‘orthodox’, ‘zionists’, or whatever else they want, but it is a different religion. I will say something else: A yid is made up of a guf a sechel and a neshama. The sechel is on a higher level than the guf and the neshama is on a higher level than the sechel. The derech hashem and derech hatorah quoted above is the fact that the neshama and its unique qualities should be in control of the sechel and the guf. modern orthodoxy ignores or denies the special nishmas yisrael and does not go beyond the sechel. In doing so they cut themselves off from the derech hashem and derech hatorah. What I have written here is very important and goes to the core of the issue. It is not simply an issue of how to deal with the changing times. It goes to the heart of what we’re all about as a special people. haskala comes from the word sechel and their idea was very similar-namely the supremacy of the sechel and rejection and denial of the neshama. modern orthodoxy is an outgrowth of that philosophy, only they follow laws found in the jewish law books, and that’s why they are far more dangerous, because they thereby fool the unlearned, the unaware, and ultimately themselves. It is a different religion without true pnimiyus or connection to hashem. Please think well about what I have written here before you respond, as they touch upon dvarim haomdim berumo shel olam. (btw there are groups among ‘mainstream’ jews who also have not completely rid themselves of the influence of the haskala. As much as the neshama is made paramount and the sechel and guf secondary, to that extent true yahadus is revealed. I will not elaborate any further v’dai lichakema b’remiza.)
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