During his Friday night drasha, the Rav of Shikun Hey in Bnei Brak, HaGaon HaRav Mordechai Bunim Zilberberg, addressed recent attacks against religious IDF soldiers. Rav Zilberberg is known to be close to Maran HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita.
Rav Zilberberg attacked the zealots who accuses of “acting on their own”, insulting soldiers and causing a tremendous Chilul Hashem by shouting and attacking the chareidi soldiers.
“We must bring the soldiers closer by treating them properly, and this will lead to Kiddush Hashem and everyone will see the good among us”, stated the rav. He added “These same people are doing exactly the opposite and are doing tremendous damage to the chareidi public”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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6 Responses
Who cares about “tremendous damage to the chareidi public”, whoever the chareidi public are and whatever that means, when our brethren in Yerushalayim Iyr Hakodesh are standing up for Kovod Shomayim. What is more important Kovod Shomayim or “the chareidi public”?
Attacking another jew because you disagree with him is Kovod shamayim.????? Your beyond despicable.
Why is it Kovod Shomayim to attack fellow Jews???!!!!
Avreimi – if u ask such a question so I see u don’t live here
Perhaps check thing out or ask the Rav himself (do u think u know better than him?)
avreimi
your comment is very instructive in understanding some of the motivations of those attackers.
If you stretch halacha to say it is yehareg v’al ya’vor to go to the army, then when its treated as if it’s mutar (if not ideal) by the general chareidi public you must react as if a murderer is walking through your neighborhood! A society thrives on healthy beliefs which is why learning torah protects us no less than the army. Unfortunately it seems torah true ideals are still not powerful enough, perhaps due to the way the yeshivah system works in practice. Maybe if we worked on that it would lead to more respect from the israeli public who wouldn’t question the necessity of yeshivot like they accept the need for doctors. Truth should be self-evident. If it isn’t, sometimes it may also be our fault.
Just one example: how seriously is mussar seder taken in most yeshivot?