tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post6973241355188386812..comments2024-03-28T09:43:50.919+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: a Soloveitchik visits Har HabayitRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-15349984832000495542014-04-27T11:19:33.667+03:002014-04-27T11:19:33.667+03:00Someone from Chicago doesn't know that R. Ahar...Someone from Chicago doesn't know that R. Aharon's family spells their last name without a 't' in the middle? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-54010675716863733442014-04-24T11:19:40.584+03:002014-04-24T11:19:40.584+03:00As opposed to you who remain anonymous...As opposed to you who remain anonymous...DRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130500552533691846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-47189423758276700192014-04-24T10:04:54.607+03:002014-04-24T10:04:54.607+03:00Rav Soloveitchik has courageously taken a prinicip...Rav Soloveitchik has courageously taken a prinicipled position and chosen truth over family pressures and tradition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-32596496016955294352014-04-24T10:02:52.353+03:002014-04-24T10:02:52.353+03:00Kol HaKavod! Truth over Mistaken Tradition!Kol HaKavod! Truth over Mistaken Tradition!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-2263853710254153502014-04-23T16:29:58.286+03:002014-04-23T16:29:58.286+03:00Obviously. That's what all religious jews so ...Obviously. That's what all religious jews so go do. That doesn't explain why he chose the break from the family's traditional approach of not doing that Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-6104515474187267452014-04-23T16:25:59.600+03:002014-04-23T16:25:59.600+03:00He obviously went to a kosher mikveh before - othe...He obviously went to a kosher mikveh before - otherwise he wouldn't be allowed in the Har haBayit. In such a case it would be OK to touch the stones as well.dlzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269900740743979382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-33390185260282364902014-04-23T16:06:42.916+03:002014-04-23T16:06:42.916+03:00I can tell you that there were members of the Solo...I can tell you that there were members of the Soloveitchik family that were not happy with R' Meir's decision - I spoke with one who was not happy that R' Meir did not follow the view of his grandfather Rav Aharon ZT"L on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-83562790552378063232014-04-23T15:49:47.651+03:002014-04-23T15:49:47.651+03:00yes. they refrain from touching the stones due to ...yes. they refrain from touching the stones due to impurity. Yet Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik overcame that and went to the HarRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-61654491420009756442014-04-23T15:48:30.756+03:002014-04-23T15:48:30.756+03:00The caution about touching the stones, may be only...The caution about touching the stones, may be only in a status of impurity which does not allow one to enter the mount.anonnoreply@blogger.com