Comments on Rationalist Judaism: Rav Elyashiv on Modesty

I'm pretty sure that he rejected the suggestion th...

2009-05-18T15:03:00.000+03:00

I'm pretty sure that he rejected the suggestion that it would be binding on all of klal yisrael.

I've been meaning to point out on this blog that I...

2009-05-15T07:54:00.000+03:00

I've been meaning to point out on this blog that I thought very positively of Rabbi Slifkin’s speech in YI of Woodmere, were he presented the side of the banners(ie, Gedolim) extremely fairly, in my opinion.

I suppose regarding the situation here,as well, there is probably an approach of understanding where the Mishmar Hatorah is coming from(and perhaps even the current presentation, thereof), even though I admit to having questions which disturb me. I suppose this, too, is a function of rationalism. :)

A side point I’d like to mention is that I’ve been fortunate to visit R Elyashiv twice for a beracha. What I still remember(and I have a photograph) was the seriousness with which he treated me the brief time I was there.

(I was in the house a third time for Maariv, at the same table as the person in the video, as I could not get in to the inside room to meet him).

Agreed about the style of the questioner. Ironic ...

2009-05-13T03:40:00.000+03:00

Agreed about the style of the questioner. Ironic as well since he specifically asks about the "chutzpah" of the generation.

Nothing to add except that this video made the blo...

2009-05-13T00:20:00.000+03:00

Nothing to add except that this video made the blog circuits a while back and the consensus was that the questioner was acting in a chutzpadik manner towards R. Elyashiv.