Note the [Rambam’s] commentaryto the Mishnah, Avos 4:4: “Be exceedingly humble.” The Rambam writes that the opinion that one should not have a trace of pride differs with the opinion which states that a Torah scholar should have an eighth of an eighth measure of pride. This is also obvious from the Gemara (Sotah 5a) which quotes all the opinions one after the other. (There is somewhat of a difficulty in this for the text uses the expression: “Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said” and not “Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak says” which is usually the expression used to signify a difference of opinion.)
From years of learning about this, I've reached a simple understanding:
ReplyDeleteChasidim are ritual-heavy Reformers. They pick and choose what they want, make a big deal of how holy those things make them, and then re-interpret the rest for their convenience, sometimes justifying it with the ol' "It says in the seforim kedoshim..."
You are disgusting
ReplyDeleteAnd you and the other guy are proving my point.
DeleteYou are a Jew hater and you will burn forever for calling us Reformers
ReplyDeleteWhat would you say about the Chatam sofer?
DeletePlease clarify. I'm a Chasam Sofer Einikel as well as an einikel from many Chassidishe Rebbes
DeleteThe Chasam Sofer was critical of one of the Chabad Rebbes on the issue of "shaving" beards - he said you cannot just add a new prohibition.
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