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Ignorance is bliss. But for those who prefer knowledge over ignorant bliss, please read The Empty Wagon by Yaakov Shapiro before commenting.
Some clarification: The contents of the letter written by Rabbi Wolhendler should not have been publicized by YWN as it was a private communication. There was no intent to accuse Joseph of stealing (which he did not do) – it was merely an explanation of why we feel we have th right to ask YWN to not post any further Q and A’s. The negative comments about Joseph are simply the work of people who don’t appreciate his posts, using this opportunity to malign an innocent person. The fact is that TorasAvigdor.org is run on a purely volunteer basis, and no profit is made at all. The website, as well as the daily Q&A ([email protected]) and the weekly Parsha sheets, are distributed for free, and all costs are borne by donations and volunteers. It is a project that was created for the purpose of making the Rav’s words accessible. However the difficult work of transcribing from audio to print probably does create a legal and halachic copyright – to a certain extent. But we do not even attempt to enforce such rights because there is no monetary claim. We only are requesting that the Q and A’s not be published on a format that allows anybody to denegrate the words of the Rav. I understand that in this new world of no standard and no respect, anything goes, but some of us still retain a basic level of decency and understand that. And the wide range of comments that have been posted here make it abundantly clear why Rav Miller’s Q and A’s should not be publicized in a forum where every ignorant fellow can comment on equal footing with the Rav zatzal. It becomes, Rav Miller said this, but some am ha’aretz sitting in his basement thinks this.
That being said, the website and daily Q and A are open to th public, and they were created for that express purpose.Eretz Yisroel is very different. According to many Rishonim that would be a mitzvah that one should be willing to suffer for (although actual mesiras nefesh is questionable). But the discussion here was going to the Kosel, not yishuv eretz Yisroel.
Why would somebody ever be מוסר נפש to go to the Kosel? That wouldn’t be permitted. Which Rishonim are you referring to?
Joseph,
Please post the Q and A that was sent out on June 5th “The Mussar Lesson in the Hospital Bed” so that Moilech gets a better understanding of the damage he is doing to himself. Thank you.Ubiq,
There have been terrorist incidents for years that emanated from Har Habayis. Whether guns were used or not, is not the issue. The danger of someone bringing a gun up there was well known for many years. However, the govt weighed the options and decided that to make a change in the status quo wouldn’t be worth it. But Netanyahu is a shoot from the hip type of guy who often makes errors like this. And usually he bows to the pressure and reverses course. I imagine that it will happen again in this case.I didn’t watch the video and I haven’t followed the details of the har habayis current events, but it would seem pretty apparent that if these new security measures were really an important part of securing har habayis, they would have been introduced years ago. There have been these types of hat habayis terrorist incidents for years. So why would they wake up now?!
The truth is that most of these types of measures are political moves and political posturing meant to please the citizens of the State who are demanding security, as well as to placate the right wing fringe that want more control over hat habayis. I’m not denying that there is a security need for these metal detectors, but don’t be fooled by what the govt is telling you. They’re not as important as the politicians (and politics minded security people) make it out to be. There are many intelligent non-chareidi people who agree with this bochur.Ubiq – time to review those reading comp skills.
Why is Moilech allowed to post stupidity here? Let him take his leitzanus elsewhere.