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I lived there for a year before becoming orthodox.
It was hedonism, disgrace, crime and distrust.
I met a few jews who were not that active in kiruv or even observance.
Overall, I may not plan to go back.
There was sleaze on every corner and I certainly do not miss the beach.
The only thing I will say though is that it really is a fun place. Lots of good places to visit if you keep half of your eyes closed.
Overall again, I found that I would now seek to go there just to find a good cigar community. Of that I am certain I would have good times.
You could be anywhere to improve your yiddishkeit. Reading is an indoors experience.
So I have not been there in years. I read the Miami Herald. It contains descriptions of the most heinous of crimes. Worse usually than any I read elsewhere.
Could we keep our Miami interests or if we are in years of formative learning, will our young invariably have years of harm based on not yet fully developed yiddishkeit.
Still, I would love to go back now that I can see life through the prism of Torah. I think I could make a better difference.
Hope some of you are lucky enough to study a place like Miami, but beware, it is almost the modern Babylonia.
And so many jewish interests, you can certainly see Hashems plan.
Be good.
Baruch Hashem
Freiliche Purim!
So what the only place we can live is Siberia?
There is no kedusha in Miami.
The weather is amazing! Especially in the winter! I was just there and there were so many Jewish ppl!
takehmamash,
tell that to all the rebbes, roshei yeshivas, and mekubals that go there
tell that to the rosh yeshiva of beis moshe chayim
tell that to the rosh kollel of the lakewood kollel
takehmamash,
tell that to all the rebbes, roshei yeshivas, and mekubals that go there
tell that to the rosh yeshiva of beis moshe chayim
tell that to the rosh kollel of the lakewood kollel
It would be my pleasure to do so. There is more inherent kedusha in dirt the size of my fingernail taken from the shkotziest place in Tel Aviv than there is in all the places you mentioned combined.
There’s a mitzvah to live in E”Y. There’s no mitzvah to live anywhere else.
BuyPaint: Why would you even contemplate going to a place that you describe as you do? Ask yourself, where does Hashem want Bnai Yisroel to be and then act accordingly.
coffee addict: Going someplace for sunshine and/or fundraising doesn’t make it Kodosh.
takehmamash,
i dont think theres a mitzvah to live in a place if it’s not feasable to provide for oneself withouut assistance from others (correct me if im wrong) if it says by shabbos aseih shabboscha k’chol v’al titzareich l’briyos by shabbos all the more so by eretz yisrael
secondly, you mentioned miami specifically
There is no kedusha in Miami.
but now you’re saying eretz yisrael is more holier because it’s eretz yisrael meaning even new york has no kedusha
barryls1,
“the lakewood kollel” and “beis moshe chaim” are two batei medrashos there
secondly being kadosh is different than having kedusha, if something has no kedusha then in essence it is tamei and i dont think these rabbonim would go to a tamei place for sunshine or fundraising (have you ever seen one doing that in a beis hakvaros)
North Miami Beach has a very nice frum neighborhood, a Kollel, a chasiddishe shtibble and Chofetz Chaim Yeshiva. I find it to be a great place for vacation ( you can rent a nice kosher house w a pool quite reasonably).I would consider living there during the winter,after retirement.
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