I agree with Sam2. I had the same thought when I first read this thread before shabbos and quite frankly, the insinuation is disgusting. So he isn’t the most learned of men, or the most yeshivish of men, doesn’t wear a black hat or white shirt and he doesn’t roll his raishes. However, the money he spreads to the numerous torah institutions and causes, enables thousands (if not tens of thousands)of people to become the most learned of men and afford the outer trappings that being “yeshivish” demands . It should also be pointed out he was given an honor because of what he does with his money, not because of his torah scholarship. This thread represents the abolute worst kind in the jewish bloggesphere, anonymous potshots by ignorant people at rabbonim and other community notables.
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