Yabia Omer

What are some criticisms that Chasidim have against the Litvish?

Nunu, you sent a link to a previous thread,? Nunu? That’s supposed to be some sort of authoritative document on “rating” Rabbanim? You think a guy who lives in BK and spends all his time on YWN is the go to person for Gedolim??

“what about the Chida and the Ben Ish Chai?”

….To name a few!

Of course it has to be something that cannot be mekabel tuma. But it’s almost as though if it doesn’t have a Hashgacha from the Eda Haredit then it’s no good. This was a Jewish company making bamboo mats for the purpose of S’chach. Therefore it’s leshem S’chach. People just need to know Halacha and not get caught up with fancy peyos and hats.

MDG do you know the source for that HIDA?
I heard that he said that Ashkenazim come from Midat Hadin and Sephardim from Rachamim.

Ashkenazim are more intellectual?? That’s a Chiddush.

Ashkenazim seem more prone to Machloket. I’ve heard this from many ASHKENAZIM

The son of an actuary is necessarily an actuary?

Did you guys notice that YWN deleted a whole string of posts in this thread??

GH: I think this is partly true.

Capital ‘H’ Haskala didn’t occur in Muslim lands but we have to realize that those countries were very advanced in the sciences, the arts, astronomy, philosophy, etc. And it was in these lands that Sephardic rabbis were able to flourish. We don’t see the Rambam, Ritva etc. becoming reform (Chas vechalila) because they were exposed to “enlightened” societies.

Another point is that in general, Sephardic leadership tried to keep EVERYONE in the fold. If you were mechalel Shabbat, you were not banished. In Europe, they actively created walls against those who were not 100% in the fold. And that is why even nowadays you will see a spectrum of people in Sephardic shuls coexisting peacefully and organically. Among Ashkenazim, we’ve got MO shuls, black aht shuls, Chabad shuls, Yeshivish shuls etc. etc.

Don’t you guys ever questions this??

Wrong!

Reform can theoretically be considered Tinok Shenishba. I really never heard of this concept of Reform praying for our destruction. That sounds like a fabrication. In don’t agree with their ways but I don’t hate them.

Neturei Karta are worse because they use the guise of religion and the Torah to go against the Jews. The question is if NK are even Zera Israel. Yisroel Weiss gives me goyish vibes.

Satmar vs. Lubavitch. Bobov vs. Bobov. Mitnagdim vs. Hasidim. Etc. Etc. It’s funny we never see this among Sephardim. Why is that?

And yet you never hear Sephardim having any machloket …. Did you ever ask yourselves why?