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I will repeat there is no difference between xmas and christmas. The X in Xmas did not come from a Rav, but is rather comes from the Greek Letter Kai which looks like an X and it is short for “Our lord and Savior”
The Lubavicher Rebbe had skills others did not. Its no small accomplishment to create the Network Chabad has done. He had the skills to make it happen. I wont comment if he was a Gadol B’Torah or not, but he was certainly a gadol from an organizational viewpoint.
The person most responsible for christianity spreading was not the person “born on December 25th”, but rather saul of Tarsus (The Aposle Paul) who actually never met the man “born on December 25th”
Gadolim like Rav Chaim Ozer or Rav Meir Shapiro were more than Poseks, they were political leaders meaning they were involved with the government and general welfare of the community. Todays Gedolim really dont do those things.
Rav Meir Shapiro was a member of the Polish Parliment, such a thing is almost unheard of nowadays and Rav Chaim Ozer frequently commumnicated with the Authorities on issues related to the community .
The confusion here is the english translation of “Gadol Hador”. There really isnt any good direct english translation of Gadol HaDor , but we all know it means basically the final Posek (or the top Posek) of the time
It is unlikely Rav Auerbach , He is head of the Peleg , would have been named by Rav Shteinman . The previous Gadol Hador names the names Gadol Hador in his will and Rav Shteinman and Rav Chaim were very Close (I think they were Shivers)
Id say Rav Chaim
DY
When you accept a broader group of people you will get more a broader religious variance , even going into young Israels, the young Israel of Far Rockaway is very different than a young israel in Suffolk County, NY (Suffolk County NY has the lowest jewish religous observance rate of any of the NYC Suburban areas)
I have been to Lakewood quite a few times and know the area fairly well. There is an Eruv in Lakewood although I dont know the exact boundaries (Ive never cross route 9 ) Is there more than one communal eruv. and there are signs in certain places telling you that there is no eruv.
Also Route 9 in Lakewood is not exactly the same Rt 9 as further up like in Howell or Freehold where I wouldnt cross route 9 under any circumstance, however I would (and Have) crossed route 9 in lakewood. In Freehold and Howell Rt 9 is more like an expressway and in lakewood is more of a regular st
If you want my observation on the MO commumnity, It seems its going 4 ways. Zionism is a big part of MO and many of the younger people decide to stop being arm-chair zionists and become real zionists and move to Israel and become Dati-Leumi. Another percentage is becomong more Charedi a third is staying and the rest is leaving, I do not belive that 40% number as it doesnt seem to count those who became Charedi or move to israel (Although its possible the 40% lumps those who leave altogether and those who become charedi)
The Pew report did research on jewish life in america and how many people “left”
Some of the research was clearly wrong like 1% of charedim (They called them Ultra-Orthodox) had christmas trees which i dont belive for a second, but Ive gotten to meet enough people to realize there is a fallout rate on all communities that is likely under-reported
Personally I think the reason more MO’s leave (As a percentage wise) is because the mo community is more accepting of people “less than MO” meaning you will get people who are more on the margins and a greater chance of leaving, Not everyone who belongs to a Young Israel is really orthodox. In the charedi world you are either all in or you are out. If the MO’s were more ironclad on who they let in like the charedim its likely the retention rate would be higher
About 1-2% of the population is of an “Alternative lifestyle” and many of the charedim who leave R’L fall under that category so the number is higher than that. 5% is probably a fair estimate
MASK meetings are R’L packed with people who do know what to do and many of those parents do not have a kid of an “alternative” lifestlye
There is about a 5% attrition rate in the Charedi community and an unknown amount of “Tuna Beigels” or “I.L.O.”‘s people who look charedi but dont act like it this includes orthoprax , Agnostics and Athiests.
Everyone’s obligated to continue following the minhagim and mesorah from their father.
In todays society religion in “Optional” meaning other than hashem wrath there is no punishment for not keeping Mesorah or Halacha. Some communities will exile people but thats really all they can do, they cannot punish or fine people for not keeping Halacha or minhagim
WTP
Sorry about that, I meant Golfer…Ive been credited with saying things I never did too
The moon landing was a battle of the Cold War and even the Soviets admitted the moon landing was real and they had lost that battle
WTP
You are correct we might not know the reason Rav Lopiansky published this article, but I am fairly certain I know the reason the OP did and for that reason words and publications must be done carefully. Its easy to twist the words of a Rav or Gadol
Exactly what is the purpose of a Heretical Witch Hunt? Do you think the more modern will become more Charedi because of this or the more modern will just stop sponsoring charedi institutions or other outcomes .
I really doubt though that many modern people (if any) will become more charedi for this article .
At the point where someone contemplates leaving you are exercising damage control and that is much harder to save anything
The reality is Chassidism is not for everyone, even if you were born into it.
It would be alot better if people were given better choices before the situation is almost hopeless before offering Project Makom because at that point, footsteps is offering a better solution
Route 9 only gets 600,000 people on weeksdays where it is not a ROUTE, but rather a PARKING LOT
The Reason Footsteps might be more successful than Project Makom is because by the time someone is fed up with somthing in the charedi community that causes them to want to leave, they want totally out and not some less intense version
If you are afraid of living in Israel, Im sure the Ukranians would love to have you return to our shtetls
I hear Tristan da Cunha is wonderful this time of year
People who say they are holier are put to a higher level. Thats why priests or pastors who are found to have done something wrong are ridiculed for misdeeds. Jews especially frum jews , claim to be the light among the nations. People expect you top be the light among the nations and that means not doing the wrong things like welfare fraud or tax evasion. When we are not the light among the nations, we will be reminded that
There is a very well known protestant minister who has a megachurch in Houston , tx. During Hurricane Harvey at first he refused to open the church to flood refugees (Christians belive that chruches should be open like that) he claimed the church was flooded and then some people went down to his church and took photos and showed the chruch was fine. He was roundly roasted in the media for not opening up the church to the Hurricane Harvey flood victims
There used to be a shul across the street from my house , I live on a residential block and every morning everyone would drive to this shul and take up all the parking spaces on the street (And sometimes block driveways)
There is a yeshiva near my house where people double and triple park in front of it so you have to go on the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic to get around it.
Common courtesy is contangious, it seems people who go to a shul or yeshiva think that absolves them of bein-Adom-L-Chavero
But when an Lutheran or an Episcopalian commits a crime, their religion isn’t part of the news so no association is built up in the minds of people.
When a Catholic Priest is accused of molestation, that makes news
When an Evangelical is accused of something immoral that also makes news
Actually many people do complain about parties, but they tend to be once not every week or every day.
It is NOT Anti-semitism to have allows that disallow shuls in basements. People who live in Suburbs do not want people congregating on a residential street and of course everyone drives and takes up all the parking spaces and sometimes even block driveways because they cant find parking and are late for shul (I once saw a guy block the whole street in front of a shul because he was late for minyan and couldnt find a parking space)
The law applies to all religions, not just jews
In the Alter Heim the Fool was one of the townspeople in the shtel, His job was to make everyone laugh
GH
You do not understand how Gedolim Speak. They do not speak directly, they speak indirectly and their followers understand the meaning
Besides the fact that Rav Chaim Kanivesky DID speak out against the Protests, Rav Aharon Leib is sick and not in a position right now to do anything (May Hashem give him a full refuah Shelemah)
Rav Chaim has spoken out against the Peleg protests
Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky On The Peleg: Like A Sheep Without A Shepherd
In other words he wanted the benefits of a modern society like good roads, public transportation, but was unwilling to accept the societal burdens of a modern society
For some reason people cant understand that taking indirect money is the same thing as taking direct money.
using the Police or Public transport is indirect money
While I dont have any hard core proof of this, I suspect at least some Charedim would actually like to go into the IDF, but communal pressures are stopping them. They say more and more are going and I suspect if the communal pressure stopped even more would go
There was a famous pitcher in baseball in the early part of the 20th Century
His name was Mordeachi “Three Fingers” Brown
He was as Jewish as Martin Luther
One should not take not only money, but services as well from the medina if you belive its evil
And that includes NO POLICE, NO PUBLIC BUSES or TRAMS, No protection of any kind, No passports. Do not drive on the roads either, as that belongs to the state
I am generally pro-chabad as I think they do alot of good work
However when I see quotes from Daniel and Trei Assar , that does make me feel uncomfortable and sounds very similar to another relgion who also quotes from these places
Unfortunatly fighting over an Eruv is becoming too common in certain places and sometimes cause people to do averahs when people against the eruv go beyond just an argument
A Machlokes over ruchniyos can also cause more serious machlokeses, You know the old joke there are 2 jews on a deserted island. How many shuls are there. The answer is 3. One each of them wont go to and the 3rd neither of them will go to
A Machlokes over spots everyone knows really isnt serious and they can still be friends. Everyone knows its just trash talk
Better to have a machlokes over something not serious and be friends than have a machlokes over something serious and cause serious Sinas chinam
In general most non-jewish customs do not have “halachas” related to them to be Yotzei so other than eating Turkey , Watching Football and some family getting together for a few hours there really isnt any other Halachas or Minhagim one must do to celebrate thanksgiving and if you dont like Turkey or Football you dont have to do that either
I belive Rav Moshe Permitted the celebrating of Thanksgiving and he THE Posek
I did a quick google about the “Catholic Origins” of thanksgiving and its pretty flimsy.
I suppose the idea of a giving thanks is older than the Pilgrims, but the Thanksgiving as celebrated in the US comes from the Pilgrims.
Turkey is an american Bird and was not known in Europe (Thats why there is some Halachic debate about its Kashruth)
A comparison was made before inadvertantly between the Lubavicher Rebbe and Rav Elyshiv. They were different figures. Rav Elyshiv was a Posek not a leader (he had no Yeshiva and wrote no Sefarim) He was a someone to learn with. The Lubavicher Rebbe was more of a leader in the sense he led people to do things via speeches and deeds . Im not sure if I am being clear on the difference.
Maybe comparing Rav Elyshiv to Rav Kotler might make it easier to compare, there would be no Lakewood without Rav Kotler and in that sense Rav Kotler was closer to the Lubavicher Rebbe than Rav Elyshiv
Again I am not Chabd, but the Lubavicher Rebbe did have alot more of an influence on the generation than the Satmar did.
Im sure many have gone to a Chabad house..I doubt many have gone to a Satmar house.
It was Chabad that went to the Soviet Union when it was still under communism to try to save the generation
I am not chabad and just reading the comments
Would anyone treat a Satmar this same way they are treating Chabad here
The Satmar Rebbe also had no children or grandchildren who survived him and the succession of Satmar has not been smooth either, so that Chabad has no Rebbe is not so far fetched since there was only one grandson of the Friderecher Rebbe and he is on the outs with the rest of Chabad