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There’s another misconception about the Neturei Karta group. They claim to be on one page with Satmar. Nothing can be further from the truth. Even though Satmar likewise believes that the current government & entity of an independent state in Eretz Yisrael is illegal. But that’s where the comparison ends. Satmar & the old Satmar Rebbi R’ Joel, Teitelbaum Zt”L never spoke about Palestinian rights to E.Y. He was always cognizant of the fact the Jews have & maintain an eternal right to E.Y. So do his followers.
As a matter of fact he never permitted his Chassidim to stand at the same platform with the Arab demonstrators. And when that happened he called off his own demonstration. To avoid the appearance of being of the same mindset as the Arabs.Ujm, as do the others who parrot this naive &/or hypocritical mantra about the “Peaceful” dismantlement of the modern State of Israel fail to understand that there is no such thing as the “Peaceful” dismantling of the Israeli Jewish identity. All the Arab leaders in the past 80 years, beginning with Abdul G. Nasser. President of Egypt down to the leaders of the other Arab countries were constantly promising/threatening to annihilate “The Jews” (not the Zionists) by blood & fire. Or, alternatively, drown them in the Mediterranean sea.
The Neturei Karta, who are paid agents of Iran keep repeating this same, self destructive line. But every other, normal Jewish person should realize the absurd of this statement.
The people opposed to the “Bein Hazmanim” season/s for bachurim and kolel yungeleit are usually the most unhappy individuals. They have accomplished nothing in life and have nothing to look forward to. The fact that the Shul is more crowded in those times annoys them. They need to change their attitude. And their outlook on life.
The Bein Hazmanim furloughs started in the times of Gemara. Where one of the Roshei Yeshiva told his talmidim ..”I don’t want to see any of you (in Yeshiva) in the month of Nissan and in the month of Tishrei. Because the economy was agriculturally based in those days. Most people owned or worked on farms and the extra hands were needed for the harvest.
In later years when most famous yeshivas were located in Eastern Europe, sometimes in small towns, it took a long time for the students to arrive back home for Pesach and Rosh ha-Shana. So let’s not begrudge (fargin) the yeshiva/kollel their well deserved vacation.