Free-Market Poskim
Rabbi Yisrael Kirzner used to say:
“Some poskim make Karl Marx seem like Milton Friedman. Other poskim make Milton Friedman seem like Karl Marx.”
Rabbi Yisrael Kirzner used to say:
“Some poskim make Karl Marx seem like Milton Friedman. Other poskim make Milton Friedman seem like Karl Marx.”
זה כמו להצביע.
העיקר שיראו יהודים שמתנגדים ל”קווי לילה” [לבתי תועבה] ונסיעות בשבת [“סופ”ש”]!
(כמובן, איש לא מנגיש או מיידע על סקר התחבורה הציבורית לציבור העיקרי הנהנה ממנה…)
And the CPI grossly understates the degree of prices rising.
I met an observant Jew who convinced himself of an obscure political ideology.
Then, so comfortable was he with this ideology, in spite of hailing from a thoroughbred Litvish family, he decided to go and join Chabad, seeing a speculative similarity between that and his chosen political orientation.
Wow.
His family must be very open-minded…
Take it from me, his chosen politics really are obscure; he himself admitted he never met anyone but me who knew its name or content.
Don’t worry; he’s married already.
What would you call him?
The “Michiganer Rebbe“?!