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From the Bostoner Rebbe, shlita in this week’s Torah Insights: “Some of our fellows Jews may have failings in many areas of observance, but there are many who fulfill the Mitzvos of Kashrus, as well as the separation of Milk and Meat, and we should not dismiss them, but rather recognize that over time this spiritual nourishment will lead to increased fear of Heaven. This is especially true in Eretz Yisroel, where Kashrus standards across the country providing Kosher food for non-observant people, who would otherwise be eating non-Kosher. This includes people who serve in the Israel Defense Forces, fly El Al, are admitted to Israeli hospitals, etc.
May this increased fear of Heaven, through adhering to the Mitzvos of forbidden foods through the everyday act of eating, lead to a united Klal Yisroel that will “accept upon themselves the yoke of Your Kingship that You may reign over them soon and eternally” and speedily bring the day when “Hashem will be King over all the world, and on that day, Hashem will One and His Name will be One”
Words from the Bostoner Rebbe, shlita from this weeks Torah Insights: “Some of our fellows Jews may have failings in many areas of observance, but there are many who fulfill the Mitzvos of Kashrus, as well as the separation of Milk and Meat, and we should not dismiss them, but rather recognize that over time this spiritual nourishment will lead to increased fear of Heaven. This is especially true in Eretz Yisroel, where Kashrus standards across the country providing Kosher food for non-observant people, who would otherwise be eating non-Kosher. This includes people who serve in the Israel Defense Forces, fly El Al, are admitted to Israeli hospitals, etc.
May this increased fear of Heaven, through adhering to the Mitzvos of forbidden foods through the everyday act of eating, lead to a united Klal Yisroel that will “accept upon themselves the yoke of Your Kingship that You may reign over them soon and eternally” and speedily bring the day when “Hashem will be King over all the world, and on that day, Hashem will One and His Name will be One.”
The secularists will respond that they are carrying the burden on the “democracy” side of the Jewish and democratic” definition because if left to the chareidim, Israel would become a theocracy similar to Iran. I’m also not convinced that the descriptor of “burden” appropriately describes the definition. One could also say efforts at mass immigration would solve the “burden,” since about half of the world’s Jewish population live in the diaspora. Or for that matter, a program to find and recruit the many many Jews by halacha who are descendants of conversos. Creating and running these types of programs would take at least as much effort as the burden of having families too large to support by your own means.
“Behind closed doors, the conversation is significantly different from what appears in the media,” he said. “The Haredi leadership portrays the issue as if there were a consensus [against military service], but no such consensus exists,” he said. He suggested that the staunch opposition to any compromise originates from a single rabbinical figure, creating the primary obstacle for others to adopt more moderate positions.