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pekak: There’s much much less people who speak Yiddish who would post shmutz than there are such people who speak English.

AAQ: It is unquestionably a million times better to not go to Shul on Shabbos than to be Mechallel Shabbos by driving to Shul.

Rocky:

What you just suggested is, effectively, that if 50% – 70% of IDF enlistees who join the Zionist Army while religious end up being irreligious upon their discharge from the IDF, that if no official scientific study documenting this was that conducted, then we should all bury our heads in the sand and ignore this phenomenon and simply let it go on producing more and more and more irreligious people out of formerly observant Jews — because, after all, no scientific study was ever conducted.

There’s never been a scientific study proving that religious people who started engaging in znus became OTD; so Rocky will argue that “it would seem anyone who makes a speculative statement such as “50%-70% of frum boys go off the derech due to engaging in znus, is using made-up statistics and should be condemned for putting such an idea in people’s minds.”

pekak: A system like that can easily be abused by creating on-demand throwaway/burner logins just to post shmutz.

ChiefShmerel: I’m born and bred Yeshivish and I first heard the term in the coffee room here (years ago). I don’t ever remember hearing it used in real life.

Simcha: Your poisoned into thinking that Daati Leumi and Modern Orthodox are just normal variations of Judaism or simply another shitta, like Beis Shamai v Beis Hillel or Rav Yisroel Salanter v Rav Chaim Ozer. But that is far from the case. DL and MO, while certainly not open apikorsos ( are at its core identifying “cause célèbre” deviations from normative Judaism.

My earlier point was not every so-called shitta is legitimate. Just like Conservative and Reform aren’t legitimate shittas, so, too, Zionism isn’t a legitimate shitta. I wasn’t comparing DL to Conservative/Reform; I was pointing out by example that not ever shitta is legit.

Simcha613: Do you envy the din vecheshbon of someone who can be Motzi la’az so publicly on the entire Masorti/Conservative/Reform tzibur, including rabbanim, dayanim, and talmidei chachanim?

Do you hope they are able to do teshuva before that time comes, but considering the amount of genuine mechila they will need, it’s will be a monumental achievement?

Ysiegel:

I’d be very interested in hearing the rest of your take.

Thank you

LuckyStrike: The figures you quoted for the IDF OTD rate is an underestimate. The correct figure is r’l higher.

He owns the house. He doesn’t need any other justification.

DaMoshe: Baruch Hashem I’m thrilled that you’ve seen the light and you became a supporter of HaGaon HaRav Eleazar Mann Shach zt’l and shared some of his thoughts. I’m sure you’ll just as much appreciate a few more thoughts from Rav Shach.

Rav Shach said that secular Israelis are “breeders of rabbits and pigs” who did not “know what Yom Kippur is.”

Rav Shach said places like Yeshiva University promoting a fusion of Torah with secular studies are “an absolute disaster,” warning that they posed a threat to the endurance of authentic Judaism.

Rav Shach rejected the Religious Zionist movement, viewing it as a secular ideology cloaked in religious garb. He criticized the movement for attempting to merge Jewish religious identity with nationalist aspirations, which undermined the sanctity of Torah. He related that the Religious Zionists had adopted a secular messianism, attempting to solve the “Jewish Problem” through human means rather than divine intervention.

Square, you make clear Chareidim are terrible people.

I’m sure you advocate that they be placed into Concentration Camps and forced to wear a Yellow Star, to keep them away from good people like yourself and others.

The Czarist Russian army also had a Chareidi/Jewish division.

The IDF violates Torah laws on a daily basis.

You should never cast aspersions on a Befeirushe Artscroll.

What’s so important that Jews constitute a majority?