Reply To: Why "s" instead of "t"?

hakatan- I just want you to understand perspective wise. Again this is not coming out as an attack, rather just to open your mind a little bit. I’m not here to take sides or to stand up for either side. I have my views but Im not political and therefore Im not here to have this conversation.

But I do feel it is my obligation as a Yid who comes from that kind of background to give you an insight into it for a second. Did you know that before I had learned about the meaning behind Eretz Yisroel, I literally knew no different. I knew Israel. I knew it was the Jewish state. And that its called Eretz Yisroel in Hebrew. Then I was chozer btishuva, and I understood what it means to have a real Jewish state in Eretz Yisroel. I get it now, but I didnt get it then. Not to say that anyone is doing something wrong, you raise your kids the way you think and they will raise their kids the way they think.

Hakatan, what I’m trying to say, is that you are being so close minded to a point where you are not giving them the benefit of the doubt. They should be treated as a type of tinok shenishba. How do you expect to love your fellow Jew (and no matter what catergory you put them in they are Jews too) if you cannot understand where they are coming from. And if you do know where they are coming from, to speak about them so badly? You think moshiach wants to come when he hears people like you talking about Hashems children like that? Who are you to make that judgement?

And don’t think Im targeting you, because I know many many people in the MO community who speak the same of people like us. And they dont understand why we think that way. That is because no one asks, and no one cares to ask. Everyone just thinks their right. So if you think you are right, go on over to the MO community, get to know them, and “mekarev” them with love. You cannot mekarev someone if you are bashing what they do. You dont need to agree with what they do, but get to the root of what they do, understand why they do it and show them you love them for them, but oh look there is another way to look at it and I think I am right for reasons x, y and z. It cant hurt, but no one seems to think it is important. Im not a perfect person, Im far from it, but I just feel this chiyuv coming from the position I am in with my foot in the doors of both communities, that there needs to be a bridge gapped. Hashem needs our hishtadlus, so lets help Him.