DIN: #1
Let’s begin by addressing his argument about the ג' שבועות—an argument so weak that even Satmar abandoned it.
No Jew ever witnessed these “ג' שבועות” and no one can identify when or where they supposedly occurred.
This aggadatah appears in Kesubos 110a, yet Rashi and Tosafos offer no commentary on it. None of the major commentaries printed at the back of the tractate—Rosh, Ran, Maharsha, Rif etc., mention it. It is entirely absent from the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah, and it receives no mention whatsoever in the Shulchan Aruch or its nosei keilim.
I have already cited Emailim BaTorah, which notes that
"the Zohar in Parshas Vayechi explains that “Bnos Yerushalayim” refers to the neshamah. The Avnei Nezer therefore concludes that since the oaths were made with the soul and not with the physical human being, they do not apply to us in any halachic sense.
Indeed, the overwhelming majority of Gedolim—Agudas Yisroel, Shas, Degel, and most of the leading Torah authorities—did not consider the ג' שבועות to have halachic force. Even those who opposed the establishment of the State did not base their position on these oaths."
#2
Next, he invokes כיבוש הארץ & התגרות באומות.
This claim keeps resurfacing, regurgitated by commentators living abroad in comfort and safety, while criticizing Israel.
They live far from danger yet speak harshly about the State of Israel—whose soldiers risk their lives daily to protect millions of Jews in the only Jewish country on earth, surrounded by hostile enemies—and then accuse Israel of “provoking the nations.”
Jewish husbands leave their families for months, placing themselves in danger and leaving their wives and children as living widows and living orphans in emotional and financial strain, all to defend Jewish lives. Yet this commentator dismisses and mocks their sacrifice as “התגרות באומות”
The audacity is astonishing. What exactly do they offer as an alternative—disband the army? Avoid defending ourselves so as not to “antagonize” others?
Insanity!
As for כיבוש הארץ:
The Ramban explicitly writes that settling the Land of Israel and securing it are mitzvos aseh d’Oraisa בזמן הזה.
Every major war Israel has fought was initiated by surrounding hostile nations that swore to destroy and eliminate her. Suggesting that Israel should have simply stood by passively defies both logic and halachah.
Finally, he quotes a 75-year-old description by Ben-Gurion in reference to the IDF that the IDF is a “secular melting pot.”
And what of it? So?
Since when does a historical comment override Torah obligations such as
?לא תעמוד על דם רעך
or
?ואהבת לרעך כמוך
The army has made significant efforts to accommodate Chareidim, yet he claims that mainstream Chareidim should not enlist.
Why should others bear the burden entirely? Why should Chilonim die for you?
Moshe Rabbeinu has a message to this fool
?האחיכם יבוא למלחמה ואתם תשבו פה
My message to this Lakewood-based WhatsApp administrator is simple:
We do not need your commentary, and we do not need your interference. Please stay out of our affairs.
