During one of his Chanukah shiurim, Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita spoke of the story and message of Chanukah, citing today, there are 1.5 million members of the Reform Movement in the United States.
He asked rhetorically “Shall be compromise with them, argue or negotiate about this Kosel deal or another. No, we must fight them with all our might and this is truly the story of Chanukah.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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BTW This includes Conservatives as well
#1…and dont forget ‘O.O.’s(AKA: REform, Christians too
Instead of “fighting them with all your might”, perhaps begin a dialogue that will bring them closer to traditional yiddeshkeit. I doubt there is any evidence that engaging in demeaning hyperbole and insults has ever resulted in changing the outlook of 1.5 million people whose haskafah is really not rooted in any notion of daas torah but was an accommodation to “modernity” by yidden who desparately wanted to “fit in” to the cultures of their adopted countries in galus.
#3To katen hador…you fight them your way and we will fight them our way
REFORM=DEFORM
Compromising with REFORM(DEFORM)is like negotiating with a child to allow him to cut his own hand off, has v sholom!
WE DO NOT NEGOTIATE!