tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post7780150961097463041..comments2024-03-29T21:15:10.138+03:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Suicide & teshuva: Shevus YaakovDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-84756119633068914952010-09-19T07:18:10.139+02:002010-09-19T07:18:10.139+02:00If you will read the post, the only thing actually...If you will read the post, the only thing actually recommended was that the Orthodox homosexual refrain from prohibited sexual activity.<br />I never recommended suicide as atonement or otherwise.<br />I only explored suicide as a halachicly valid alternative to committing the prohibition when temptation would be overwhelming.<br />My recommendation was, is, and will always be, abstinence.Dovid Kornreich (Dr. Jekyll)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12939658417440951023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-16059639866545810272010-09-15T23:56:47.463+02:002010-09-15T23:56:47.463+02:00rabbi Dovid Kornreich who used to post here as Fr...rabbi Dovid Kornreich who used to post here as Freelance Kiruv Maniac actually recommended suicide to Orthodox gays.<br /><br />http://fkmaniac.blogspot.com/2009/04/radical-solution-for-orthodox.html<br /><br />There are some modifications and clarifications to the original post which flatly recommended suicide to Orthodox guys.Chief Penguinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-35575839202435812492010-09-15T18:05:31.741+02:002010-09-15T18:05:31.741+02:00Maybe it's because I'm an American, but fo...Maybe it's because I'm an American, but for some reason, I find this teshuvah extremely troubling. I also wonder how many Rabbanei Kehillos in the US, if one of their mispallelim confesses to something like this, would have the courage (or perhaps the insensitivity) to counsel this course.<br /><br />Having once or twice been boel my wife b'niddah b'ratzon, I wonder whether I'm mechuyav to follow this course myself.<br /><br />G'mar chasima tovah and God help us all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com