Reply To: Should We Look The Other Way?

3 – I didn’t think I was bringing R’ Levin into the picture. The “good govt” I was referring to is the one that keeps pur budget in check, crime under control, and the trains running on time (ok, that I could compromise on).

traditionally the conservative candidate anyway.

Bomb guy you’re beautiful.

while on the subject of toeivah…i’m kidding, thank you.

CHAIMBERLIN702: absolutely. personally i think paladino is the better candidate (i am using this as an example, please dont go into specifics) because he speaks his mind and his positions are clear. for years i have been saying that the ideal candidate would be one who is self funded and has no fear or speaking his mind. paladino is not self funded but he does speak his mind. plainly.

again, i used him as an example, please do not launch into a discussion of paladino’s pros and cons. “hakesef ya’aneh es hakol” is not meant as a way of life, people. money and social services are not the ikkur. torah and yahadus is the ikkur.now some may argue that since torah is the ikkur we should look the other way on social issues in order to facilitate the learning of torah. however that is invalid. you flout the torah to learn the torah. that’s like the maskil who used to sit on the toilet smoking a cigarette on shabbos while learning gemarah. it is inherently contradictory, and on these issues there can be absolutely no compromise.

2 – of course I know the outside world influences me.

you make my case for me. case closed. you cannot avoid it. unless possibly if you live in skver…but if not you are influenced by the social policies and agendas of the secular and non jewish world. make no mistake. don’t let your personal negios get in the way of what is true.

one other point i wasnted to raise. you say the actions of goyim do not concern us. what of the sheva mitzvos b’nei noach?