I would like to publicly state that I find daniela’s comments on R’ Druckman to be vile, petty, and simply untrue.
charliehall:
“First, he is Rabbi Avi Weiss.”
And I’m Rabbi Kanoi.
“No less a figure than Rabbi Druckman himself has been quoted as complaining that the charedi world doesn’t refer to DL rabbis by the appropriate title. One can disagree with him, but don’t disrespect him.”
This has nothing to do with the type of yarmulke Weiss, wears, the problem is that he’s trying to change the definition of Orthodox Judaism to include his watered-down, shamelessly pandering to the secular philosophy of the day, stream of so called Judaism. If I’m not mistaken, R Moshe Dovid Tendler has referred to him as “Conservative”.
“Second, Rabbi Avi Weiss is someone who has personally brought many Jews to mitzvah observance, and who has constantly spoken out against anti-Semites and others who oppress us, all over the world.”
So did the leaders of the Conservative/Reform movements; that doesn’t make what they do and believe any more correct.
“Few if any of us can stand in his shoes.”
Yeah, he’s got a special place in hell. He is migaleh panim ba’Torahshe’lo ki’halacha and machtei vi’choteh es harabbim on a truly impressive scale.
bman:
“”Ol mitzvos” means accepting that the yoke or the burden of mitzvos, meaning accepting that they BINDING. It is not equivalent to being m’kabel to DO all the mitzvos.”
I’m sorry, but that’s ridiculous. Accepting the mitzvos as binding means that one acknowledges that s/he must do them.