The Issue Is Not What Halachic Decisions Are Made, but WHO MAKES Them!

Why exactly is Rabbi Dov Landa shlit”a deciding which age groups get to learn Torah, what and where? Why not a group of people: Beis Din? (And how come his “ruling” ignores geography?)

Is Rabbi Landa a recognized expert on missiles and war? Is he at least a famously able and patient listener and a quick study of new, complex, fuzzy information? A seasoned posek, very experienced at matching up risk numbers and practical halacha, very good at being neither too “stringent” nor too “lenient”?

Or is he, IN FACT, none of the above? And the ostensible figures and estimates were surely not presented by the best and brightest, either.

And all this assumes all the various schools and parents, and students can’t decide for themselves after whatever processes they usually follow.

Not only is he not the right person to decide for others, he is a personally fearful person who shouldn’t even be listening to himself, a consistent neo-Erastian (though not National-Religious proto-fascist/Statoloter) who can’t even conceive of doubting the authorities’ edicts or presentations of facts. We have already written on Rabbi Landa’s irrational, neurotic compulsion to defer to State power, in a violent and abusive manner, including for statist Dead-Letter suggestions, even when these violate his own religious commitments and decision-making.

The Miracle People: A Muslim Imam’s Astonishing Tribute to Israel

From Aish.com here:

Hassen Chalghoumi is the imam of the municipal Drancy mosque in Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris. He is a moderate who is an outspoken friend of the Jewish people. He wrote the following:

I, the son of Ishmael, an Imam, a Muslim, a man of peace, hereby offer my sincere testimony about this extraordinary people:

I must admit, I believe in religions and in miracles. But there is something about this people — the people of Israel — that truly feels like a living miracle.

A people whom the Pharaohs tried to erase 3,000 years ago… and failed.

A people whom the Babylonians tried to destroy 2,500 years ago… and failed.

A people whom the Romans wanted to annihilate 2,000 years ago… and failed.

A people the Nazis tried to exterminate 80 years ago… and could not wipe out.

A people whom the Arabs fought in five wars to erase from the map… and failed.

This is a small people in number, but possessing a unique strength — a divine blessing. Wherever they place their hand, they succeed: in finance, commerce, science, philosophy, literature… A desert land they turned into a paradise, without oil or gas, but with freedom, democracy, intelligence, and willpower.

This is a people who gave the world Einstein, Newton, Kafka, Karl Marx, Nietzsche, Spinoza, Freud… and many others who left a mark on humanity.

There are realities that neither reason nor logic can explain.

There is only one word for it: Miracle.

For two and a half years, this people has been fighting on five fronts.

They said Israel would tire, that it was on the verge of collapse… yet once again, it surprises the world by opening a new front against an Iranian enemy feared by many, even among Arab regimes.

This people, though small in number, possesses the courage of nobles, the wisdom of prophets, the patience of righteous men, and the determination of survivors.

How could it be otherwise, when they are the descendants of Abraham, Solomon, David, Moses, Jacob, Joseph… and 1,523 prophets and emissaries from among their offspring?

This is the people who brought monotheism and faith in one God to the world.

A people driven by a thirst for life, work, innovation, and continuity — for over 4,000 years.

Truly, I can find no other word to describe them than: The Miracle People.

If the Arabs had clear vision, they would choose to align with this people, learn from them, collaborate with them… perhaps they would absorb their knowledge, wisdom, and dignity.

Hassan Chalghoumi
Imam

Find it here…

שלח: פירוש יפה של הרב מאיר אליהו שליט”א

מסוף הפרשה:

והיה לכם לציצת וראיתם אתו וזכרתם את כל מצות יהוה ועשיתם אתם ולא תתורו אחרי לבבכם ואחרי עיניכם אשר אתם זנים אחריהם.

מדברי הרב מאיר אליהו שליט”א בשיעור:

לכאו’ קשה, למה הקדים הלב לעיניים? אדרבא, עין רואה ולב חומד. וי”ל, שראיה לפי תומו לאנסו אין בה שום חטא, ולכן החטא מתחיל בלב.

דפח”ח.