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PoshiterYid….. this wks sedra explains the attitude of the protesters perfectly. On the פסוק- ולא תעלה based on Rashi, perhaps we can say that the posuk is alluding to a deeper machshava. A person can be so preoccupied with a mitzvah, rushing with alacrity and zeal, that he may inadvertently “step” on another yid. His haste may cause him to ignore the dignity and respect of a spouse, sibling, or child. Says the Torah, as you ascend my mizbeach make sure you don’t offend your fellow Jew – because then the whole mitzvah is rendered posul. As we know the two sides of the luchos, bein adam lamakom and bein adam lachaveiro, were given as one – they are inseparable. I once heard a vert’l. Why is the letter צ called tzaddik? A Yerushalmi yid at the kosel once told me, because it carries a yud – (a yid) on its shoulders! But then he continued: So why is an
א which also carries a yud, not called a tzaddik?
Because at the same time that he’s carrying a yid, he’s also stepping on a yid! (An
א has a yud in the bottom left too.)
What a profound thought! One cannot carry and trample on another yid! So although we may be passionately enthusiastic
in our avodas Hashem, let’s make sure that we are just as careful not to chas v’shalom slight a friend in the process!

Mentsch1….I am not that naive to know that what the rabbonim say and what people do are two different things. In my humble opinion, just like last week Sedra, h-shem wanted to hear our cries so we had the yam suf after yetzias mitzrayim, so to the sanctity of eretz yisroel is always at risk yet instead of combating it with learning more Torah and davening harder it’s seemingly easier to go park oneself in front of a bus or road and protest. If the charedim did more to elevate the level maybe it wouldn’t be going down so much. H-shem created opposites of everything…..