The Asifa Rabbonim, like Rav Matisyahu Solomon, Rav Malkiel Kotler, the Skulener Rebbe, Rav Ahron Schechter, etc. etc. etc. do not hold it assur to work in the outside world. B&H, which is Satmar and as Chasidish as they get, and has the support of the Satmar Rebbe, works smack in middle of Manhattan right in the goyishe world.
B&H has mostly frum men, and separate floors. The men in the office never see any women. Those on the floor are experts, not Chassidim. Meshom Rayiah?
And to your first point, Rabbi’s Shechter, Harari, etc. did not speak at the Asifa. Perhaps they should have. I imagine that there would have been a much better response had the Agudah been involved. Rav Shmuel (IMHO) would not have agreed with the language used, at the very least. The Gedolim baruch Hashem were smart to realize the disaster that it would become, at least in the eyes of the litvish community outside Lakewood (but the damage control seems to have worked, boruch Hashem).
Tell that to the guy who shot J.R. 😉 Dallas?! Perhaps it was new 30 years ago.
I’m waiting for yours. You avoided responding to the part I called you out on (parnassah being assur) and instead wanted to discuss kollel vs, working, which is a topic for another thread.
I said Parnassah is B’dieved, and working “outside” is “mini” assur (by those rabbonim of the Asifa). Kollel vs. working is the “parnassa is B’dieved” point.
My quote again:
ZD: I believe that you miss a very big point in the whole process. The rabbonim of the Asifa view the entire concept of Parnassa in general, and specificly outside the insular community, as a big b’dieved, if not outright assur.