Reply To: Clarification to mod and DaMoshe

Arso,

“I have always marveled at the way Lubavichers say, as sechel has, that all Jews are equal, and that there is no difference between a mechalel Shabbos and someone who keeps Shabbos, and the like.

And despite that, on Shabbos in Chabad houses they either use mevushal wine, or they cover the bottle in case someone who doesn’t keep Shabbos looks at it. Still, no difference between someone who keeps Shabbos or someone who doesn’t, is there?”

We’re all equally Hashems children, with a chelek Eloka s as a Neshama. And we are all equally responsible to keep the mitzvos to the best of our ability, so while we warmly welcome a reform rabbi to our Chabad houses, we won’t attend theirs. We warmly invite all people to join shul but we won’t take down mechitzas.

In Chabad we learn to see the person for the Neshama they are, and not to lower our standards (which the first helps with, because they don’t truly want you to do anything wrong- it’s just shtusim from the yetzer hara or Nefesh habehamis.)