Comments on: For Dark Light Rabbi, Getting Modern Orthodox Jew to Become Haredi and Blow Off College/Career Makes It All Worthwhile

By: baalhabos

baalhabos — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:26:10 +0000

> Five years in a yeshiva, with a black hat, black suit, and white shirt, I presume? Well, that’s a good start…but is he on the government dole yet? Does he accept food stamps? In other words, is he a true ben Toyrah?

Don’t worry. If not him, then his children for sure. Just give them time.

By: Freely

Freely — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:05:02 +0000

First of all i’m talking about American rights, because I am an American not an Israeli. Second of all Israel is in some form a theocracy, America is not.
Third and most importantly I am against the oppression of homosexuals in EVERY country but I am talking about America here, a place where everyone is supposedly equal. Stop trying to change the subject. While I am addressing your obvious hypocritical attitude when it comes to homosexuals you are deflecting the question without actually answering it. Your a hypocrite. You attack haredim for their treatment of the non-frum and yet are against gay marriage for no reason and are willing to sacrifice their rights for the advancement of the liberal party. How dare you

By: Jeff Eyges

Jeff Eyges — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:32:02 +0000

I took off the beard, added long hair, put in an earring, dressed him in a tee-shirt and torn jeans and voila – it was him!

I used to do that with an Etch-a Sketch.

The amazing confluence of my doubts and the arrival of this visitor and his message was a clear answer from G-d to my questioning what He really wants me to be doing.

A clear answer – right. Seriously, the evangelicals tell stories like this all the time – some synchronicity is always occurring that convinces them they’re doing God’s work. The thing is – they also believe the Hareidi guy isn’t. In fact, they believe he’ll be going to hell for his all his trouble. (Although I understand some of them make allowances for those who vote Republican.)

So, as a preemptive strike, in case one of these guys shows up here to tell you how lost your poor yiddishe nehomoh is (or if your protege comes to protest your use of the term “ghetto penguin”) – why should I believe the kiruv guy and not the evangelical missionary?

Of course, I already know the answer – if I really study, and really REALLY believe, and place all of my trust in the gedoylim – I’ll understand how wrong they are and how right we are.

(Is is true that, a là Peter Pan, every time a Jew becomes an apikoros, a godol dies?)

By: kiss my bris

kiss my bris — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:29:36 +0000

I’ll say! Five years in a yeshiva, with a black hat, black suit, and white shirt, I presume? Well, that’s a good start…but is he on the government dole yet? Does he accept food stamps? In other words, is he a true ben Toyrah?

DK,
The above is not the qualification anymore if someone is a ben Toyrah. Nowadays, true ben Toyrahs also have to riot in Jerusalem and spit on female reporters. The bar has been raised again.

By: DK

DK — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:15:07 +0000

Freely, shouldn’t you be fighting for gay marriage in Israel? Since you feel so strongly about it, why don’t you fight for the Israeli homosexual community?

By: Freely

Freely — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:21 +0000

For DK For ignoring the rights of select Americans (homosexuals) but taking religious jews down a peg who are violating no one else’s rights in this county makes it all worthwhile