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Natan Slifkin's avatar

By the way, to those who are wondering why comments are restricted to paid subscribers: Surely those who believe in the importance of defending charedi policy would see an $8 donation to the BMNH as a small price to pay for this mitzvah. Besides, parnasa is all in the hands of Hashem anyway.

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Shimon's avatar

This post is a logical fallacy. There is only so much Torah learning can do to protect mechalelei Shabbos, atheists and other reshoim. Thus the October 7th massacre does not prove the failure of Torah learning to protect.

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Natan Slifkin's avatar

Ah, so you're saying that the charedi world did not make enough efforts at Kiruv?

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Shimon's avatar

Not at all. The Charedi world tries very hard to do kiruv, but most chilonim aren’t interested. (Not sure why you think it’s always the Chareidim’s fault)

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Natan Slifkin's avatar

But if it's the Chilul Shabbos of chilonim that caused 7/10, then surely charedim should focus more on kiruv. Most bnei yeshivos are not involved in kiruv. (The reason why I'm blaming charedim is that they/you are claiming that the determining factor is Torah or Shabbos.)

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Shimon's avatar

There are plenty of organisations who do kiruv. Think Ohr Someyach, Aish, Arachim etc. I agree that religious people as a whole (including Dati Leumi) should try to do more kiruv, but the principal problem is not a lack of people doing kiruv, but a lack of chilonim who would be receptive to kiruv.

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Natan Slifkin's avatar

Again. If you want to claim that the reason for 7/10 is Chillul Shabbos of Chilonim, then charedim should be leaving yeshiva to do kiruv, and seeking to live in chiloni neighborhoods. They're not. (Ohr Somayach etc. are not representative of the mainstream Israeli chareidi world). Besides, R. Landau said nothing about that.

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Shimon's avatar

What does this have to do with what R. Landau said? The Israeli army officer was trying to persuade him that Chareidim should join the army, and R. Landau disagree, saying that Torah protects klal yisroel. You’re now making a different point, that Chareidim should do more kiruv. This may well be true, but should apply equally to all religious Jews. And it doesn’t mean that bnei yeshiva should leave yeshiva to do kiruv, just like it doesn’t mean that religious soldiers should leave the army to do kiruv.

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David Ilan's avatar

You really wonder why they aren’t interested after hearing your hateful rants…???

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Shimon's avatar

When you say hateful rants, do you mean my comment? It was neither hateful nor a rant. It was a factual statement. Or do you mean something else?

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David Ilan's avatar

Since when do you decide who is a Rasha…?

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Shimon's avatar

It’s not me deciding, it’s the Torah! Or do you think that someone who doesn’t keep mitzvos should be called a tzaddik?

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Chana Siegel's avatar

Yeah. Why they aren't pouring through yeshiva doors demanding to learn from magnetic and appealing Torah personalities like Rav Landau and Rav Bunim Schreiber is a great mystery.

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Moshe M's avatar

How many people would need to be learning torah and not Michalel shabbos to prevent an October 7th? The whole country?

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Shimon's avatar

I’m afraid I cannot answer such a question.

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Moshe M's avatar

Do you believe Tshuva, Tefelia, and Tzedaka ma'avirn es roah hagizeyra? Is there a reckoning anywhere for not praying enough? If you are going to say that "Torah protects" is a "fraud" how are the items above any different?

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Eli B's avatar

In more yeshivish "shprach",

לדידהו, דקא סברי דלימודייהו קא מגני לישראל, שמע מינה דלימודייהו לא עביד מידי

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Avi Rosenthal's avatar

For the sake for the security of this country, and in order to address the great inequality and wrong in the Jewish state, it’s crucial to defund the Haredim. In principle they also should be deprived of their Israel citizenship, but that isn't politically feasible. Yet.

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Eli B's avatar

I'm expecting 2 charedi responses on this blog:

1. The usual whatabiutery and deflection - why is Natan obsessed with the charedim etc etc

2. The learning MUST have helped, so I guess, the massacre would have been much worse if not for the learning. Strawman argument

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Yekutiel Weiss's avatar

You forget that Chareidim are human beings like all of us.Are the Chareidi mother's ready to put their sons in danger especially when they and their husbands, some of them Rabbanim,don't respect and don't value the Israeli government?!

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Mikhail Olivson's avatar

Harsh. But may be what is needed.

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מיכאל לייזר בן בנימין's avatar

y don't u ask these people under what circumstances would they take responsibility?

and more importantly 2 whom r they responsible and what punishment will they receive when they r found to be wrong. (mistaken)

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מיכאל לייזר בן בנימין's avatar

what do u care?

these r similar 2 the Amish

with the same idiocy

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Howard Schranz's avatar

There r lots of differences between the Amish and the Heimish (and the Hamish).

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Chana Siegel's avatar

Amish boys start working after they leave 8th grade, for the most part. Their furniture-making and construction skills are in high demand. Then there's the fact that they refuse to take money from the government.

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מיכאל לייזר בן בנימין's avatar

not regarding fighting in a war

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Dan Klein's avatar

Yes, the Amish are pacifists. But numerically, they are an insignificant minority in the U.S., and their absence from the military has absolutely no effect on the country's ability and readiness to defend itself. Moreover, the Amish make no claim that it is their way of life that magically protects the whole country against its enemies.

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Dan Klein's avatar

The Amish are in fact "protecting the land" -- thanks to their environmentally friendly land usage. But they don't boast about it. "One of the salient features of the Amish culture, along with numerous other peaceful societies, is to avoid calling attention to oneself, to avoid anything remotely resembling bragging that could lead to envy, jealousy, and possibly violence." See https://peacefulsocieties.uncg.edu/2018/06/21/the-amish-are-protecting-the-land/

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Avi Rosenthal's avatar

The Amish are not a threat to the survival of the Jewish People.

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Avi Rosenthal's avatar

Yes. By not participating in a modern economy they are the greatest long term threat to the survival of the State of Israel, more dangerous than even Iran.

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מיכאל לייזר בן בנימין's avatar

let economics take its course

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David Ilan's avatar

Those Amish are very well to do. They have prosperous farms and businesses. Have you ever seen an Amish stand at a market? It’s swamped because people know they are honest and make quality products and produce.

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