Harav David Stav, Chair of the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization, harshly rejected the criticisms voiced by Gafni (UTJ) targeting the Religious Zionist community amidst the ongoing debate over the IDF Enlistment Law.
In an interview with the Mashav channel, Rav Stav said, “Political powerbrokers show up and start making up halachot that are nowhere to be found in the Torah. There is no exemption in the Torah that allows yeshiva students to be absolved from serving in defense of the Jewish homeland, and there is certainly no exemption from the commandment to 'not stand idly by as your fellow man bleeds.' When your fellow Jew is in danger, you have no right to stand aside.”
Rav Stav further stated, “Haredi rabbis are demanding an exemption for all, simply because they wear a specific type of kippah or jacket. Where does such an idea come from that the Torah would possibly exempt religious people from a positive commandment of 'Milchemet Mitzva' (obligatory war), to go out and defend the land in times of war?”
Rav Stav urged members of the Religious Zionist community to avoid being intimidated by the haredi criticisms, saying,
“Don’t be ashamed by those who stoop to insults, and from those powerbrokers that have no real connection to Torah values and fear of God but are only driven by a quest for power, control, and dominance. We will continue on our path of the traditions laid by our forefathers, the path of love and respect for one another, the Torah, and the land of Israel.”
4 comments:
The RZ community's problem is a lack of self-sufficiency. There are not enough RZ sofrim, shochtim, teachers, etc. to make it independent of the Chareidi community so they always have to knuckle under to the UO fanatics' demands. This needs to change.
The Garnel Fingernel klippa who eagerly volunteers as DIN’s attack dog against Bnei Torah (who uses the anti-Semitic NY Times invention of “UO” for Charedim), appropriately speaks of Stav “knuckling”. Stav is a knucklehead who is closer to Open “Orthodox” than he is to Dati Leumi
I am not at all surprised that you would call Harav Hagoen Rav Stav Shlita a "knucklehead" after all YOU called the Zakon Hador Rav Shmuel Kaminetzki "Old Sam" and called Harav Belski "evil" so not only are you mevazeh Dati Leumi Talmeide Chachamim, but you are mevazeh your very own Charedim, so why should anyone be surprised?
As I said and will say it again and again, Charediem hate each other!
@anonymous - when you look in the mirror, do you see the same insignificant little pisher who thinks its ok to insult Rabbonim as we do??? Back to your gutter, little cockroach, and mind your derech eretz
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