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It Turns Out That Not Everyone Has Gone Mad.

Dec 09, 2010 21:45

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anonymous December 10 2010, 04:13:10 UTC

shocking. a godoyl making up his own mind? what is the world coming to?

anonymous December 10 2010, 06:08:47 UTC

Isn't this the same Godol you "made fun of" in the past? Glad you were able to see past his beard this time.

onionsoupmix December 10 2010, 19:44:38 UTC

I wrote about him in the past in a positive way. He seems to be one of the few "gedolim" speaking up against extremism. I still think his beard's funny.

beard anonymous December 13 2010, 08:50:33 UTC

His beard looks funny because (according to the story I've heard) he used to stroke his beard while concentrating and once mistakingly pulled out a hair on Shabbos. Since then he doesn't touch his beard, ever, so that it should not happen again. Including regular combing.

anonymous December 10 2010, 11:33:31 UTC

His only concern is the fear of retaliation against jews in other countries.

This is legitimate.

But he doesn't frame it as an ethical issue toward Arabs at all.

onionsoupmix December 10 2010, 19:46:23 UTC

I don't know about that. If so, how do you interpret his comment about Berlin? To me, he seems to be saying that it is just as morally reprehensible for Jews to refuse to rent to Arabs as it was for Germans to refuse to rent to Jews.

THANKS! anonymous December 10 2010, 13:11:13 UTC

Appreciate it.

JRKmommy

Good for him! anonymous December 10 2010, 13:15:03 UTC

May the 96 yr old rav live to 120!

JRKmommy