He called the Knesset botei minus, and yet has allowed Degel HaTorah to participate in it; allowed mosdos over which he had authority to take government funds; allowed those who followed him to use the roads, hospitals, electrical grids, water sources, and social services provided by the laws and administration of the beis minus. I simply don’t get it. I’ve tried to understand, but my limited intellect is not up to the task. Why is it OK to take from what one sees as Tomei? Can someone please explain?
Oh, and by the way – the very topical Gemoro in Gittin describing the story of Bar Kamtza as an explanation of the idea that the 2nd beis hamikdosh was destroyed because of sinas chinom makes it abundantly clear that Bar Kamtzas actions were kindled at least in part by the silence of the Rabonim who were at the party that he was thrown out of. One could argue that since they didn’t even say anything, there was no lav and certainly no maaseh, so they didn’t “express” sinah. But their inaction was a root cause of that sinah. In practical terms, a comparison could possibly be made with this situation. It could be said that no sinah is being “expressed” by the Viznitzer, but the outcome could be seen as such.