Reply To: Going off the Derech

aries2756-I will discuss it with my son and see if it’s something he’d be willing to do. I do agree with you that it would be very healing/therapeutic for him and his chevra if they would agree to do it. Perhaps, noting Syag Lchochma’s comments, they could each write a letter to their aggressor, and my younger son could write the letter to this man. For the older boys, it doesn’t really matter if the letter ever really gets to their aggressor, what matters is that they vent and get it out, rather than letting it brew inside them, and cause them to ultimately hurt themselves. I like the idea.

zahavasdad-I agree with you, although I am more saddened by the Talmid Chacham who gets it wrong, bc of the terrible abuse of his title, and the resulting chilul Hashem.