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Mar 2, 2015
Can he or can't he read?
When Rav Dovid Yosef went on his diatribe yesterday against secular Jews and against Eli Yishai, I had two thoughts;
1. I can't believe non-religious Jews actually continue voting for Shas, after Shas representatives have said such things repeatedly. And that they say these things and then Shas goes out with its team campaigning in non-religious areas...
2. what an embarrassing and shameful thing to say about Eli Yishai. There are a lot of ways they can disagree. Rav Dovid can argue with Yachad. he can say many things about them. He can talk about how bad their policy ideas are, how unfaithful they are to his father, and even that they have brought amalek into their party by bringing in dati leumi people (who in their opinion are amalek).. but to talk about Eli Yishai not knowing how to read? shameful. Embarrassing.
Those were my thoughts.
Eventually I even expected Yishai to use it, perhaps not directly but through people close to him, to publicize how low Shas has gone. I did not expect a response. How can you respond to such an idiotic attack? Release a Youtube video of Eli Yishai reading from a book without nekudot? I thought better to just ignore it and let the Shasniks appear to be childish.
And sure enough this morning Rav Mazuz felt he had to respond. His response - Eli Yishai knows how to read even without nekudot.
Thank you for that clarification.
The only thing worse than the original childish and shameful attack is a childish and shameful response to it.
And now it is a machloket in metziut! I demand this be resolved. Now that the response has been issued, the only way to resolve it is to check the reality - I demand Eli Yishai's people release a YouTube video of him reading without nekudot!
1. I can't believe non-religious Jews actually continue voting for Shas, after Shas representatives have said such things repeatedly. And that they say these things and then Shas goes out with its team campaigning in non-religious areas...
2. what an embarrassing and shameful thing to say about Eli Yishai. There are a lot of ways they can disagree. Rav Dovid can argue with Yachad. he can say many things about them. He can talk about how bad their policy ideas are, how unfaithful they are to his father, and even that they have brought amalek into their party by bringing in dati leumi people (who in their opinion are amalek).. but to talk about Eli Yishai not knowing how to read? shameful. Embarrassing.
Those were my thoughts.
Eventually I even expected Yishai to use it, perhaps not directly but through people close to him, to publicize how low Shas has gone. I did not expect a response. How can you respond to such an idiotic attack? Release a Youtube video of Eli Yishai reading from a book without nekudot? I thought better to just ignore it and let the Shasniks appear to be childish.
And sure enough this morning Rav Mazuz felt he had to respond. His response - Eli Yishai knows how to read even without nekudot.
Thank you for that clarification.
The only thing worse than the original childish and shameful attack is a childish and shameful response to it.
And now it is a machloket in metziut! I demand this be resolved. Now that the response has been issued, the only way to resolve it is to check the reality - I demand Eli Yishai's people release a YouTube video of him reading without nekudot!
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Rafi, I have to disagree with your take here. Rav Mazuz didn't just say that he could read without nekudot. See Walla. He attacked the nature of the personal attack. There is nothing childish about what Rav Mazuz said.
ReplyDeleteIn general, I'm of the opinion that it is not the place of Ba'alei Batim to criticize Rabbanim, as per Pirkei Avot. No matter what Rav David Yosef or Rav Shalom Cohen said, they are Torah giants. I have a regular Seder in Halacha Berura by Rav David Yosef every week, and it's apparent that he knows his stuff. No one is asking you to be their Talmid, but to give them the respect they deserve. If his statements cause you to lose respect for him, it's best to keep quiet.
I say this as someone who, if I could, would vote Yahad.
I dont want to say anything about either Rav Dovid Yosef or Rav mazuz. I was just commenting on this specific issue. As Rav Mazuz said, it was a childish, and shameful, thign to say, and the response wa sno better. It was something that was so bad, so childish, ti needed no response.
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