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Health:
That’s ridiculous. Bringing down the government will make things worse, not better. How are the populations in Egypt and Syria doing?
ROB:
I did not meant to imply that you personally had called the Chareiodim parasites, only that it’s a complaint that we hear fairly often.
“not everyone should learn forever on someoone else’s chesbon.”
Also, I don’t think taking tzeddeka and taking government aid are comparable. But that’s a discussion for that topic.
“Defending one’s own brothers and sisters is a mitzvoh and everyone should particiate.”
The Halacha is that one should not stop learning Torah for a mitzva that is afsher la’asos al yiday acharim. So no, not everyone should participate.
“to reject any attempt at “sharing the burden’ is egoistical and smacks of a very dismssiive atttitude to other Jews.”
Learning Torah does support the world, so its rather hard to say that the Chareidim aren’t “sharing the burden”. Also, the Chareidim are merely following the Halacha that I mentioned above; if you think that’s egotistical, take it up with the Torah.
“Lastly, it would ser e every chareidi well if he cound go out and work to feed his family. After all, it is only a mitzvoh d’oraisa..”
What mitzva di’Oraysa is that?
Also, you seem to have ignored the crux of my question; how is it that you believe supporting the Chareidim will lead Israel to financial ruin, but the cessation of the three billion dollars worth of US aid per year won’t?