Reply To: "Live and let live"

It’s uncalled for to preach “live and let live” to someone when we are just discussing a subject. Just because someone has an opinion that you disagree with doesn’t mean that they are sitting in judgement and need to be rebuked. The CR should be used for discussion and sharing of opinions, not for admonition and chastisement. When we discuss women learning gemara or people going to Uman, nobody should get defensive to have to tell others to leave them alone – or live and let live. It’s just a discussion, nothing more. You can listen, learn, and contribute. Don’t feel like someone with an opinion is someone who condones telling people what to do.

I was one of the more machmir people on the “tznius in Brooklyn” thread, and I said you should NOT approach people and tell them they are untznius, and that most people nowadays are unable to give tochacha properly. On the other hand, I hold women learning Gemara and going to Uman are both wrong. This doesn’t make me a hypocrite. I never said we should scorn people who do this. It’s just a discussion. So there’s no need to tell people to “live and let live”, which is not an ideal Torah concept – kol Yisrael areivim zeh lazeh.