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To the group
“We have to bring context to the biblical text so we can understand the law_correctly.” Yes, that’s why we have the Gemara and the Rishonim and the Acharonim etc. But this worthless punk thinks that he has hegemony over the Torah.
To the group
Obviously, we must have one agenda, to get rid of this worthless punk who calls himself rescue.
To Little Froggie
That’s the least of his problems. It seems like he’s on the verge of breaking down. Let’s help this atheist get there.
To ujm
Would you care to cite the post in which I said I’m a “follower” of Rabbi Plutchok? What I said is that Rabbi Plutchok is one of my mashpiim that’s all, but he isn’t the Rav who said that there is no Issur of watching TV. That would be Rav Dovid Feinstein’s son-in-law. Now obviously I don’t believe you actually spoke to Rabbi Plutchok but if you want to convince me call him again and tell him to text the dentist from the Lower East Side with his Psak on TV. Now if you claim to be on such intimate terms with Rabbi Plutchok, I suppose you know what he thinks of Rabbi Miller and those fools who follow him. He calls them “Millerites” and said that they’re brain-dead cult members who don’t actually practice Judaism. So, if you call Rabbi Plutchok, you can ask him to confirm what I said. Unlike you, I don’t lie. Now, I’m waiting for a response to my challenge from the other day. I’ll repeat it, “Since you’re a follower of Chareidi Rabbis why are you violating their Psak and spending so much time on the internet?” Since I know you won’t answer me I’ll just say checkmate now. You should get off YWN, because no one is interested in your Rabbi Miller garbage. I know you hate the State of Israel because he hated the State. He also hated YU. He was a hatemonger and we should reject such rhetoric. On the other hand, he was a great Marbitz Torah and so Rabbi Plutchok told me that he considered him a Gadol. I agree with Rabbi Plutchok on that point.
To the group
Let’s consider the “logic” of this fungus who calls himself rescue. He argues that if I can go against what I’ve been told and watch TV he can go against what the Torah says and follow G-d’s “real” intent. Again, this maniac decided that Hashem never wanted us to keep the Mitzvohs. Aside from the fact that he’s psychotic, he’s also a total moron. No Rabbi ever told me not to watch TV. As I stated in 2023, I have a Psak from a world class Posek that there is no problem with watching TV. For those who choose not to, Kal Hakovod.
To 35T
We don’t need the moderators to get rid of the Kofrim. When I showed up at YWN in 2023 there were several Lubavichers who were spouting their Kefirah and idolatry. They’re no longer found, because rational Torah Jews called them out. Now we have an atheist called rescue who “posits” that Hashem never intended for us to actually keep His Mitzvohs. We must unite and call him out. He won’t give up easily because he’s practicing the most dangerous form of Avodah Zarah; the belief that he is a god.
to yittish
Rescue is running scared so he’s looking for allies. Call him out for the atheist /idolater that he is.
To haimy
You’re a Torah Jew and like all Torah Jews you’re repulsed by the worthless atheist who calls himself rescue. We must all unite to get rid of this lowlife.
To Pekak
I totally agree with you. I assume you’re referring to rescue who not only rejects Torah She Baal Peh but also Shebichtav. He thinks he has the right to decide which laws he has to keep if any.
To dlm
Let’s consider what the numbskull wrote yesterday in a different thread, “Querty I never said G-d has no right to keep our commandments.” What this functional illiterate meant is that we don’t have to keep G-d’s commandments. And I can prove that this was his intent from another post of his dated 2/4/26 on the thread involving Sheitels. “Do some halachos not make logical sense?” Alot of them don’t. Your(sic) allowed to admit that and speak the truth. Do you keep it anyways? Yes, but again that’s a personal choice.” So, we see this atheist’s attitude to our religion. If he feels like keeping something he does so, but if not, not.
To ujm
You are apparently a follower of leading Chareidi Rabbonim, so why have you ignored the Gedolim who banned using the internet? You are a total hypocrite. I can watch TV because my Rabbis permit doing so, but you reject the position of your own mentors. What a lowlife you are.
To dlm
I have no idea why YWN keeps printing this lunatic’s posts. He has every right to practice Judaism as he sees or doesn’t see fit and Hashem will then use His right to send him to hell. It’s really that simple.
To yittish
Not only are you completely correct, but you also write beautifully. At the end of the day, however, it all comes down to that jerk’s Gaavah. Rescue reminds me of a Reform Rabbi who wrote in the now defunct Jewish Week, “Maimonides is a Rabbi and I’m a Rabbi. Why is his opinion any more valid than mine?” Rescue is convinced that he knows more than all our Sages and he even has the hubris to state that Hashem doesn’t want us to keep the Torah.
To the group
When rescue showed up about two months ago, I immediately asked him for the name of his Rabbi(s) and he ignored my request. We now understand why. Rescue does not accept Dev. 17:11 which teaches that Hashem empowered the Rabbis to make laws. In fact, most of our religion was formulated by our Sages. Therefore, rescue rejects that we must keep two days of Rosh Hashanah even in Israel and of course the two days of Yom Tov in Chutz Laaretz. So, you might think that rescue is a later day Karaite who only keeps the Written Torah. Not so fast. Rescue has stated that G-d has no right to order us to keep His commandments. There is no point trying to deal with this idiotic Kofer. Checkmate.
To shkoyach r noach
I happen to agree with you but only to a certain extent. In 2023 I showed up at YWN and in the course of a certain thread I “admitted” that I watch TV. I was universally pilloried and one poster wrote, “watching TV is no different than eating a cheeseburger in Burger King.?” I made it clear that I wasn’t trying to convince anyone to get a TV, I was simply stating my situation. Eventually, I went to a Posek, and he told me that there’s no problem with watching TV. So how did it become ingrained in so much of the Yeshiva World that TV is the “Great Satan?” Decades ago, a certain Rabbi started a Crusade against the “Boob Tube.” and he was successful in developing followers even though there was no substance to his anti-TV rants. The reason I qualified my approbation of your comment is that it’s dangerous to endorse “rescue” who has publicly declared that one should not follow the laws of the Torah since they run counter to man’s free will.
To rescue
You asked R D Teitelbaum to cite a verse which teaches that one can’t talk about other religions. Dev 17:11 states that we must follow the dictates of our Rabbis. With this verse Hashem empowered the Rabbis to make laws for the people which must be followed. To that point, Rabbi Akiva said that one who studies Sefarim Chitzonim is an Apikorus. There are other such teachings which prohibit studying other religions. So yes, there is a valid source. Now why don’t you provide a source for your belief that G-d doesn’t expect us to keep His laws?
To 35
Why don’t you enlist and personally take him out?
To yittish
Thank you for your scholarly response to rescue’s misguided ode to humanism. You’re a welcome addition to the thread.
To R.D.
I’m glad that we’re on the same side.
To pekak
Since you introduced Da Mah Shetashiv, I’d like to elaborate. Rabbi Miller said that the Apikorus, which the aphorism addresses, is not the person who speaks heresy, in our case rescue, but the one who hears what was said. I think he meant that we must be able to respond to those who spout ideas which are antithetical to the Torah lest such ideas gain a foothold in our psyches. Rescue has repeatedly said that G-d gave us laws that He knew we couldn’t keep and so He expects us to use our “free-will” and reject them. In fact, this is rescue’s “big lie.” Rabbi Dessler, in his classic Mussar sefer Michtav Mieliyahu expounds a principle which he called “Bechirah point.” He explained that there are Mitzvohs that we find challenging and those which aren’t. Let’s start with the second group. No Jew has any desire to wear Shaatnez. No observant Jew gets up in the morning and struggles to put on his Tallis and Tefilin. There are many Mitzvohs that we perform in a rote manner. Yes, it’s better if we infuse them with enthusiasm, but even if done perfunctorily one is Yotzi. So, we see that rescue’s thesis to wit the Torah demands that we obey rules which run counter to our nature is simply a canard. But then we have those Mitzvohs which touch on our Bechirah point, meaning that we do have to overcome certain barriers or hurdles to perform them. What must be understood is that such Mitzvohs differ from person to person. There are those who have difficulty giving charity despite being well off, others who are ready to “drop their gloves” at the slightest provocation. As Rabbi Dessler explained, each person must assess himself to discern which Mitzvohs go against “his” particular grain, and then he must devise strategies, generally in concert with his Rabbonim, to deal with these Yetzer horas. We won’t always succeed, but Hashem desires that we put in effort. To that point, the Vilna Gaon said that if someone restrains himself, even one time, from speaking Loshon Hora, he merits worlds of treasures. Hashem knows who we are, all He wants is that we make sincere efforts to improve ourselves.
To the group
Rather than try to convince rescue that he’s wrong let’s follow his “logic.” He posits that G-d created people a certain way and so He must then accept them when they act in that accord. So, with that one sweeping statement rescue has answered the question that has plagued philosophers from time immemorial, to with, “Are humans the products of nature or nurture?” Rescue has the answer, “G-d created each of us a certain way, and it’s pointless to try and change. Therefore, we should ignore the dictates of the Torah because a person must follow his own instincts.” Let’s understand the sequalae of such a position. Rescue believes that someone born with an instinct to kill, can’t be faulted if he does so because this is how G-d made him. In fact, the Gemara addresses this subject. It acknowledges that people are born with certain inclinations and provides a solution. If someone is born under a “sign” that portends a life of killing he should become a Shochet. The point is that people can train themselves to channel their “nature” into something positive and productive. Of course, this requires effort and a sincere desire to follow Hashem’s wishes, two things which rescue considers anathematic. I’ll just add that rescue is a hypocrite. In a different thread he stated that the reason for anti-Semitism is that Jews cheat the government and so he asserted that if Orthodox Jews would stop cheating the system gentiles would no longer hate us. The problem with that position is that it assumes that Jew hatred is a learned behavior and so his entire worldview is undermined. This is what happens to a person who rejects the Torah and tries to convince himself that his distorted views will find favor in Hashems eyes.
To RD Teitelbaum
We are in complete lockstep. Rescue is an atheist and there’s no way to get through to him. As for the “Rebbe being the son of G-d,” C”V, I never said that. Some woman, who called herself Chabad Rebbetzin, made that statement about two months ago. I and a few others attacked her, and rescue came to her defense saying that her opinion should be respected. I hope that clarifies matters.
To rescue
I’m always agreeable. I only criticize those who challenge the tenets of Judaism. That’s Chabad and that’s you.
To rescue
I would think that you would totally endorse Chabad. According to their leading Rabbi, Manis Friedman, G-d no longer punishes sinners, so you would like that. On the other hand, all Lubavichers are required to accept that Schneersohn is Moshiach, and I don’t see you a someone who likes being told what to believe. One thing, “Where do you get this idea that I think I’m better than anyone?” I have many Rabbis and I defer to them at all times because they know far more than I do. Of course, they enjoy my Diveri Torah because, all modesty aside, I’m a talented writer. As for your comment, “That’s a stretch.” No, it isn’t. My son was at a shul several months ago. There were two Chabad OTD’s there, both now in Ivy League colleges. They recounted that when they were in Yeshiva their Rabbi would go around the classroom every day and ask each boy how he connected to the Rebbe the previous day. They are trained to deify Schneersohn. I know this because I see it. As I’ve stated I attend a Chabad shul during the week, and I see how the Rabbis brainwash their kids.
To the group
Rescue sounds like a very happy, well-adjusted person thanks to his religion lol. In a few days Jews all over the world will sit down to their Pesach sedarim but not recue. No, the word Seder means order which is, in itself, dogmatic. Why should we eat the Morror before the Matzoh? That’s an infringement on my personal freedom. And why can’t I eat anything after the afikoman? Everything about the seder suppresses individualism and should be eliminated according to rescue. A few weeks ago, he started a thread called shidduchim in which he railed against the system which has kept him single. Is it the system or did he share with the shadchanim his brand of “Judaism?”
To RD Teitelbaum
After properly calling out rescue, you turned to attack me. Please cite something I said that’s outside the environs of Torah Judaism
To YLM
I thoroughly enjoyed your post, and I most definitely endorse it. I’d like to add a corollary. To borrow from Karl Marx, “Loshon Hora is the opiate of Orthodox Jewry.” There are certain subjects which are taboo in the frum world and if someone tries to discuss them immediately, he hears, “That’s Loshon Hora.” The laws of Loshan Hora aren’t meant to stifle free speech, rather it’s to set up boundaries. As to your point about playing the anti-Semitism card, I am very critical of Chabad, and a few years ago someone tried to shoot me down by calling me an anti-Semite.
To ShtarkKeit
Your point is well taken and I’d like to elaborate. There are two ways to develop Dveikus to Hashem. The first is through Mitzvohs, e.g. preparing for Pesach etc. Lubavichers do that, as well or better, than mainstream Jews. The second is to work on improving oneself. This is the area where Chabad doesn’t rate, because there’s no concept of an all-seeing Eye in the sky who records everything. Instead, their focus is on doing those things which they think will make the Rebbe happy.
To Happy New Year
Thanks for calling out that worthless atheist. Shlomo Hamelech wrote that there’s no hope for a fool who is wise in his own eyes. When this “Peh” Tzaddik sees that others besides me are on to him he’ll disappear, but not before he cries that we’re dehumanizing him. That’s nonsense. Since he has rejected the Torah, he no longer has the status of a human being and so we’re actually decockroachizing him. He should hang out with the Chabad Kofer Manis Friedman, and they can compare notes as to how G-d doesn’t punish sinners.
To somejewiknow
Thank you for your outstanding post. As you correctly stated, morality is defined by the Torah. Let’s prove this with a simple example. When Moshiach comes, if someone is found in the public carrying his keys on Shabbos, he’s given a warning by two Kosher witnesses and if he ignores that warning he’s stoned to death. Is that moral? Of course it is, because the Torah says so. But this atheist called rescue would reject what I just said because he has his own value system which he thinks trumps Hashem’s word. A few weeks ago, I asked him, on three occasions, to name the Rabbi(s) he follows and he refused. Do you know why? He’s a Mechallel of the entire Torah. When that crazy Lubavich woman said that Schneersohn is the physical son of god, this ausvorf defended her. I don’t know why the moderators allow this sheigitz to keep writing.
To the group
Several months ago, Yaakov Yosef A and I went at it, and it wasn’t pretty, but there are several significant differences between YYA and the reprobate who calls himself rescue. First, YYA is very intelligent and he writes beautifully. Second, YYA is a kosher Jew, because he accepts Torah min hashamayim as it’s been transmitted for more than 3,400 years. Finally, he was Modeh Al Haemes, as he ultimately conceded that I was correct. Rabbi Miller has a wonderful depiction of Gehinnom. Unlike the Christian viewpoint of burning fires, he said that Gehinnom is the world of regret. Hashem will show each of us our lives and we’ll see the opportunities we missed. When rescue leaves this world Hashem will ask him why he refused to accept my Mussar and my Divrei Torah which are read weekly by thousands including Gedolei Yisrael. He’ll have no answer. And you can be sure that he’ll respond to this post with his typical Kefirah, “How did Rabbi Miller know what happens after a person dies?” This stupid Baal Gaavah can continue living in his atheistic world but in the end the truth will be revealed. As Paul McCartney wrote, “Life is very short and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friend.” I have no intention of continuing with this cretin. I’m sure he’ll have the last word, well the last word on this thread, but in the next world they’ll all scream Checkmate.
To the group
Rescue established himself today as a supporter of Jews for Cheeses. Several weeks ago, some “Chabad Rebbetzin” stated that the Rebbe is G-d’s actual physical son. With that statement she thereby endorsed Christiam theology. In today’s post, rescue admits that he defended her because, in his view, those who criticized her were guilty of bullying. At no time has this atheist rejected what she said. Tell the kofer checkmate.
To somejewiknow
Your views are a bit extreme for me, but I agree with you that rescue is a Kofer and an arrogant fool who thinks that he’s smarter than the Torah of Hashem.
To the group
The “true” cause of anti-Semitism is that Jews hate other Jews. We need look no further than YWN and VIN to see this in full display. When Hashem sees our internecine bickering he sends the gentiles against us.
To Rescue
You’re quite correct that some use psyops. As an example, there are dogmatic Rabbis who will aver, “Anyone who challenges six days, 5786 is a Kofer, Ain Lo Cheilek Olam Habo.” Such statements are aimed at intimidating those with a dissenting stance. On a personal note, I came to YWN in 2023. During a thread, I admitted that I watch TV and was pilloried. One poster wrote, “Watching TV is no different than going to Burker King and eating a cheeseburger.” This said, I must take exception with your basic thesis to wit, “No one should be attacked because he/she has a different opinion.” About two months ago, that “Chabad Rebbitzen” claimed that the Rebbe was G-d’s physical son. As would be expected she was challenged but you came to her defense arguing that she’s entitled to express her view. Sorry, that’s not true. There is right and wrong as defined by the Torah. If we follow your logic, Hitler had a right to commit genocide because he wanted to rid the world of its undesirables.
To the group
Rabbi Miller quoted the beginning of Parshas Noach, “Eileh Toldos Noach, Noach etc.” He asked the obvious question, “Shouldn’t the Posuk have said, Eileh Toldos Noach; Shem, Cham and Yafes in some order?” So, we learn from this that a person’s closest relative is himself. For all we talk about loving our fellow Jews, the only true love that a person has is for himself. This is an immutable fact. Therefore, for posters to say that it’s unconscionable for people to go on vacations during the current Matzav is nonsensical. During the Holocaust, as the Polish Jews were being decimated the Hungarians lived as normal. That’s human nature. There’s a famous story about an Israeli who went to Thailand with some friends after he completed his stint with the IDF. While there, a boa constrictor wrapped itself around him and was choking him to death. One of his compatriots told him to say Shema because it’s good to die with those words. He did so and the snake released its grip on him. As would be expected, the soldier became a BT but the person who told over the story, i.e he was also there, stayed secular. When asked, he responded, ‘The Nes didn’t happen to me.” People are very complicated and it’s difficult to tell them how they should act and feel. We can pass judgment on others but if Hashem judges us, He’ll certainly find things that He doesn’t like about each and every one of us.
To Flatbush Yid
I would agree with your assessment, but I would just question whether Chabad Kiruv really accomplishes anything. I do agree that when a couple goes out on Shlichis the entire family feels a joint sense of purpose and it tends to keep the kids on the Derech. Unfortunately, the Chabad derech leaves much to be desired. In your opinion is the OTD problem worse in CH than in other communities?
To rescue
I’d like to respond to your Zep comment. I was raised semi-frum. In my formative years all I cared about was sports and rock. In my early 30’s I realized that I wanted and needed Torah and now I learn about 7 hours a day. As for my Divrei Torah, I include references to sports, rock, TV movies whatever moves me. I disagree with the right-wing Rabbis who teach that everything secular is Treif. When I offered to send you my Divrei Torah it was with the idea that you’d understand how far away I am from what you’d like to believe I am, but apparently, you’re so full of hate that nothing can penetrate. Well, that’s your problem. As they say, ‘You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” One day Hashem will take you to task for not accepting my offer but by then it will be too late for you.
To the group
Does anyone know what LA boy is talking about? Who said that he isn’t part of Klal Yisrael?
To rescue
That’s your loss. I tried to be nice but you’re so full of anger nothing will get through.
To the group
Is it just my imagination or do you also think that “rescue” doesn’t like me? I probably remind him of the Rabbis who “made” him go off the derech. Let’s just add one point. YYA said that words in Loshon Hakodesh can have more than one meaning, but rescue disagrees. Only one way to settle this. Let’s bring in an unbiased third party the great band Led Zeppelin. In their classic hit, “Stairway to Heaven” the lead singer Robert Plant tells us, “Cuz you know sometimes words have two meanings.” I guess that settles it. Checkmate to rescue. I didn’t say he acts like a three-year-old, I said he writes like a three-year-old. He acts like, ….. ya know some things are better left unsaid. Good Shabbos.
To rescue
It’s quite obvious that you won’t listen to anything that I or anyone else says so I won’t go any further. I will, however, offer an olive branch. I write a very popular weekly Dvar Torah over the internet. If you’d like to read it just send me your e-mail (that offer is available to any other interested posters. No names of course.)
To rescue
Fine. You’ve made your point. You don’t believe that there’s any such concept as fearing Hashem. You obviously also don’t believe that there was a Holocaust. But let’s not go there. I distinctly asked you to state whose opinion your follow. You ignored the question choosing instead to spout your nonsense that Yirah doesn’t mean fear. Now there’s a reason you didn’t answer the question. It’s because you don’t follow anyone which is why you make heretical statements. As I’ve said on numerous occasions, I’m not a follower of any particular Rabbi or sect, but I have very close relationships with several great Rabbis. You, on the other hand, rely on your own “oppion.” Not only are you arrogant, but you write on the level of a three-year-old. I would advise YYA to stop wasting his time with you. There’s no hope for a fool who’s wise in his own eyes. That was Shlomo Hamelech speaking. He also said in Koheles that there’s a time for every matter under Heaven and that includes fearing G-d. Not convinced. Check out Mishlei 9:10, “The beginning of wisdom is the fear (Yirah) of Hashem” But you think you’re smarter than Shlomo Hamelech because he didn’t know English. Checkmate dude.
To the group
Why do we waste our time talking about these nuts? Let them do what they want. It’s best to ignore such trash.
To rescue
You question how Yirah can mean both awe and fear. So let me ask you a better question, “How could Dovid Hamelech write in one chapter of Tehilim, “Ivdu es Hashem Bisimcha” but in another “Ivdu es Hashem Biyirah?” Was he schizophrenic Chas Veshalom?” Shlomo Hamelech provides the answer in Kohelet,”there’s a time for fear and a time for joy etc.” Hashem gave human beings broad personalities and we’re expected to express that variety in our lives. Therefore. there’s a time to fear Hashem and a time to celebrate with Hashem. There’s no contradiction. Of course, you have to act properly at the proper time. That should answer your question. I await the answer to the query I posed to you. It doesn’t seem to me that you have inculcated Torah values and Hashkafah, but I will give you the opportunity to respond before I pass judgment.
To rescue
Would you like to tell us whose opinion you follow?
To Yaakov Yosef A
Well said. When Yehoshua said that he heard the sound of war in the camp Moshe corrected him and said it was merely the sound of distress. LA boy and rescue are spouting nonsense and Kefirah but it should be understood that it’s just the rantings of distress. The problem is that Manis Friedman is giving such people a voice by endorsing their Kefirah.
To ARSo
You’re talking to LA goy as if he’s actually a practicing Jew. He and rescue are clearly OTD, and they defend Chabad because Chabad tells them that sins are no longer punishable.
To yankel berel
Thanks for defending me. I had no intention of wasting my time with that atheist.
To the group
Let me share a story. There was a Chassidishe Gadol who lived on the Lower East Side. I was his dentist until he passed away in 1995. In 1998 his grandson, who’s Bobov, took over his Shteller. We became friends. Occasionally, I spend Shabbos on the LES. When I do I go to that Shul for Mincha Maariv and the Rabbi speaks during Shalosh Seudos. Several months ago, I complimented him, “When you mention Litvish Rabbis like the Gaon you speak with the same reverence as you do when quoting Chassidishe Rebbes.” He responded, “Torah is Torah.” This is how I was raised. This concept of Chassidish Torah versus Litvish Torah is a canard. There is only one Torah for all Jews. Now I spend all my time on Gemara but when I was finding my way I focused on Mussar. I don’t recall ever reading a statement about hell. Mussar teaches a person to recognize how the Yetzer hora is playing with our heads and it presents strategies in dealing with him. That’s it.
To yankel berel
LA boy and rescue are lost souls. That’s why they’re siding with Chabad.
To rescue
I haven’t bullied anyone. That was qwertyqwerty no relation AFAIK.
To the group
I don’t understand why there is such a hue and cry against philosopher. She is merely stating her view. Is she correct? I don’t know, but she has a right to express her opinion. Let’s understand that the depiction of Trump and Netanyahu as perfect Tzaddikim is quite unlikely. We know what Pirkei Avos says about politicians. For weeks we were told that Maduro was a latter-day Hitler. Are we still buying that? We learn from the Epstein files that no politician is beyond suspicion. I have no doubt that he was murdered. The only question is, “Who ordered the hit?” Is Tucker Carlson crazy for suggesting that the Mossad was involved? It’s possible. Now it’s not my thing to delve into conspiracy theories, but if philosopher chooses to do so, that’s her right. She’s proven herself to be a fine person who speaks the truth and she has my Haskamah for what it’s worth.
To ARSo
Why have you stayed away? Let me start by noting that the Lubavitchers no longer contribute. Initially, they were replaced by Shimon Katz and Yedl who are both decent guys. They wrote that the Chabad beliefs are all nonsense, but we should dismiss them because only a handful of Lubavitchers actually believe them which is total baloney. They realized that we weren’t buying that nonsense, so they disappeared to be replaced by LA Boy and rescue. To their credit, they don’t deny that Chabad as a whole, rejects the concept of punishment, but what they’re saying is that they think that this is a valid position within Judaism, which of course is insane.
To rescue
Could you elaborate on the contradictions and technicalities that I’m guilty of because it’s hard to address generalities. BTW, are you Shomer Torah Umitzvohs? From your posts, it seems like you do whatever feels right to you.
To yankel berel
Comparing Carlson and Philosopher is inappropriate.
To philosopher
Thanks for the kind words. I like to think that the fact that I grew up only semi-frum gives me a different perspective which I use in my Divrei Torah. Of course, I agree with your take on Chabad. You’re simply telling the truth.
To yankel berel
You can’t get through to people who aren’t interested in the truth.
To LA boy
You don’t think that anyone in Chabad denies that Gehinnom exists. Let me quote the Rabbi of the Chabad shul I attend, “When the Rebbe became Moshiach he closed down Gehinnom.” He wasn’t joking. Of course that’s insanity, but it’s also insanity to suggest that the Rebbe is still alive and many Lubavichers subscribe to that theory. All the statements coming out of Chabad are lunacy, but they’re based on the central lie of Chabad which is Schneersohn’s Kefirah that all Jews will be redeemed by Moshiach. As for your question about my attending a Chabad shul, I’ve answered it numerous times on other threads, but I’ll repeat what I wrote. As yankel berel stated in an earlier post, there’s a difference between Halachic and Hashkafic idolatry, Kefirah etc. Until there’s a Psak, the Chabad religion is not officially idolatrous and therefore I am permitted to Daven there and eat their food. The reason I go there is because it’s the only shul in my neighborhood which fits my weekday schedule and I refuse to daven without a minyan. Moreover, I get along very well with the Rabbis. If you want to believe that I’m a hypocrite, you’re entitled to your incorrect opinion.
To rescue
You’re a “one-trick pony” reducing everything to differences of opinion. You remind me of something I read many years ago in the now defunct Jewish Week. A Reform Rabbi wrote an article in which he said, “I’m a Rabbi and Maimonides is a Rabbi why do people think that his opinion is more valid than mine?” Now you wouldobviously agree with him. You would also agree that Christianity is a valid form of Judaism; it just represents a different point of view. So let’s learn to take a Torah based approach. In fact, there is a principle of Eilu Veilu Divrei Elokim and it’s far reaching. Therefore, if one group within Orthodoxy has certain customs, they must be respected even if they are at odds with our own approach. Another example. Six days, 5786 and 6000 are not absolutes. There are respected authorities who think otherwise and therefore one is free to choose whichever side is to his liking. On the other hand, Manis Friedman’s statement that anyone can do any Aveirah and nothing will happen to him is against the basic belief system of Judaism and so he isn’t entitled to have his own opinion, just as Schneersohn had no right to reject the Gemara which said that only 1/300,000 Jews will be redeemed by Moshiach. If you want to discuss this further, I’m here, but if you want to simply make churlish atheistic statements, find someone else to play with.
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I’d like to elaborate on what you wrote about Chabad and hell. In the video in which Manis says that no Jew can be punished today because of the long, bitter Golus he also referenced hell, “I’m not afraid of hell. Christians are afraid of hell.” Then someone in the audience made a joke, “But in Boro Park they’re afraid of hell.” He and Manis then both had a good laugh implying that Boro Parkers are fools. Rabbi Miller has a beautiful word on the subject of Gehinnom. He said that it’s the world of regret, where a person will recognize all the mistakes he made and the opportunities he wasted. We have this nut job Friedman, along with clowns like LA boy who adore him. They’re daring Hashem to do something to them. Everything is written down. We’ll see who laughs in the end.