Reply To: Kumzitz on the Hudson – 2016 – Kosher or Disgusting?

I specified that this event was not a fundraiser, or at least was not promoted as such. The attendance was for simple, banal, hedonistic enjoyment. It is not that I am anti-gashmiyus. HKB”H created us to be humans, not angels. He placed pleasures in the physical world for our enjoyment. I struggle to find redeeming quality in this, especially in the world that has deteriorated from a once spiritual place to where spirituality is becoming harder to find. I would expect that our rabbinic leaders should be guiding us to maximize our connection to Hashem. Events like this contribute in a huge way to gluttonous indulging, which is not exactly the path to connecting to Hashem. Had there been some programming of a Torah nature, I would be consoled a bit, and would hope that there is someone paying attention to the ration between the physical and spiritual. There was nothing detected here. If something was done that preserves our spiritual connection, it should be flaunted and proudly displayed. So, in the end, was this event something positive for Yiddishkeit, or just another fress event?