Reply To: About the RCA, I do shudder.

writersoul:

To add to what Torah613 said:

You should not be comparing what the Rishon L’tzion (Rav Ovadia) said to what these RCA rabbis said. Because my criticism of the RCA rabbis holds just as true even if the Rishon L’tzion was absolutely wrong.

Because when a gadol makes a mistake, you can criticize perhaps if you think you are sure enough and you are worthy to criticize. But you certainly cannot say about him the awful things that are quoted in the opening post and which I don’t wish to repeat! Even if it were true that what he did is just as bad.

As for your question of why I wrote about this if it was supposed to be private–the letter was leaked and it was on the YWN homepage last night. I only found out this afternoon that it was supposed to be private.