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Sam2: “So who are you to tell others where they’re holding”

There are no steps mentioned here. This is the most basic of steps. We are not talking about making a taanis every Monday and Thursday! We are talking about trying to get klal yisroel to stop iving like goyim: it is called mussar and is appropriate for all madreigos. To say that this does not reflect the message of mesilas yesharim comes from ignorance. I am judging no one. I am addressing the general public about our ideals. Why does this bother you. You are saying I cannot judge others because some people are not on the level of “abstaining” from Gucci and you call me “ridiculous”.

“You are living like gentiles. Your homes are hardly different from the homes of the gentiles.” Do you think Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Aharon Kotler, or one of the Chassidic rebbes would come in with his wife to eat in such a place? Of course not! Would our Avos have gone to such places?”

R’ Itamar Schwartz