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yichusdik
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Health, I hear, and I stand corrected. I put it that way because I feel that there are few who are prepared to hear the facts AND take the manhigim to task. And how would one do so, in an environment where the least criticism (even as gentle as mine above) is taken as kfira and bizui gedolim?

If I thought there was a possibility of the chareidi veldt standing up as you suggest and saying that wholesale recognition of error and change must be made right now by those in positions of leadership, I’d advocate for it. Sadly, I don’t think it is possible to do so all at once. I do believe that both the leaders and the led can learn from incremental suggestions and sustained watchfulness. I also hope that a younger generation of manhigim generates a modified worldview, and that it happens before too many more honest, good, and God fearing yidden throw up their hands in dismay and walk away from the unexplained, unapologetic, and incoherent leadership of the kind displayed in the situation in Lakewood.