Unsurprisingly, haredi Orthodox Jews — the fervent “black hats” who populate enclaves like Monsey, New York, and Lakewood, New Jersey — abide by halachah. Indeed, a whole subculture has grown around adopting “chumrahs,” or more stringent ways to observe Jewish law.
But among self-identified modern Orthodox Jews, the picture is more diverse, says Pew. Nearly a quarter say religion isn’t “very important” in their lives, more than a fifth aren’t certain of their belief in God and 18 percent hardly attend services.
When it comes to Judaism’s legal particulars, nearly a quarter of modern Orthodox Jews don’t light candles on Friday night, 17 percent don’t keep kosher in the home and about a fifth handle money on Shabbat. Alas, the survey did not ask about golfing.
Satmar reject MO, agudah, and everyone who votes in Israel.
ReplyDeleteYet, they go to arkaot to determine their own inheritance/ rebbe rights.
So are they ultra -ultra-orthodox, the real McCoy,? Or just another fringe group who violate halacha?
Mitzvot: Service to Hashem and Self-Fulfillment
ReplyDeleteRabbi Bernie Fox
https://outorah.org/p/264/
I once asked a Rav about the Trump level of observance, isn't it a bit svhach? And he simply said "They're as frum as the average MO couple in their part of New York. Why expect more of them?"
ReplyDeleteRemember:
ReplyDelete1) Chareidim oppose religious innovation
2) Chareidism is a form of religious innovation.
So they do stuff to distract us so they don't have to deal with the contradiction.
How this onslaught began -
ReplyDeleteWe have B'H gedolim in Israel who are moderate, have seen off the Aurbach rebellion , who support the army and compromise on gius.
Rav Edelstein shlita wants shalom bayis, even though his yeshiva doesn't benefit from it.
Rav kanievsky is not attacking anyone, not the Zionists, not lubavitch, not MO.
We have had the tragedy of covid and meron. Hareidi rank and file are questioning how the community is run.
Some extremists are not happy with this. There has been no big battle for 10 years, and they want blood. So now this blog is trying to stir up hatred, with these posts.
http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2021/05/has-rashby-become-jewish-deity.html?m=0
ReplyDeleteHere you are suggesting that a large portion of hareidi population are oved avodah zarah.
But the fact that one mo guy plays golf on shabbat, having bought tickets beforehand , is much more severe. (don't we light fires before shabbat?)