Discussion Here
I'm sure
R'
Berel means well, but to compare the
Kanoyishe mosdos to the the
Litvishe is silliness. For several reasons, both financial and practical. For one, all the
Kanoyishe mosdos combined don't equal what they have in
Bene Beraq alone, meaning that there's no way in the world that tens of thousands of children,
bochurim and
yungeleit can be supported from a '
Keren Hatzoloh' like organization. Not to mention the girls schools and seminaries. Sorry. As it is the
shnorr is non-stop, imagine if that increases ten or twenty fold. Banish the thought! How much can American Jews already be expected to give? Then there's a more practical issue; The good L-rd blessed the
Satmar and its satellites with more
gevirim per capita than any other group. And if not the most
gevirim then for sure
gevirim that are willing to part with large sums of money. G-d bless them, they give. There's no way in heck that the
Litvishe gevirim - whoever they are - will support all those
Yeshivos, schools and
kollelim that now decided to also only be on the take from individual donors, not from the "
Treifene Medineh." They simply don't have the השגות that the אונגארישער געבער has. Maybe the Hungarian has a more guilty conscience and feels more compelled to give, whatever the case is, they give. And if no
Litvishe go to work then there are no rich people, they'll have to rely on the Hungarians, who are up to their eyes with their own
mosdos. Unless they go after the non-religious donors, which is difficult to do with the attitude that they have about
frei people.
So why do we say that
Reb Berel סר מן הדרך? Very simple. All the
Gedolei Yisroel from the
Brisker Rov to the
Chazon Ish to
Reb Isser Zalman to the
Ponovizher Rov and
Rosh Yeshiva - to you name it, they all said we should take money, so how can
Reb Berel doubt them all? And yes, I put the
Brisker Rov on the list because we all know that he allowed them to get Gov't funding, even if he didn't take any himself. Only if he leaves the path. (They may have put limitations on how much funding to take, but it was still a good chunk of change.) Which may be
Why Reb Berel met Reb Yoel Kahan some 21/2 years ago. He's not with the
Olam HaTorah anymore. He's some kind of new
Satmar-
Litvishe-
Brisk hybrid that decides for himself to be
Litvish but
Kanoyish. Otherwise he seriously doubts whether or not the had the
Daas Teyreh or at least the "
veite kook" that the
Satmar Rov seems to have had now. But if you ask me he'll probably regret ever giving this interview, once he sees what this causes.
That's beside for the fact that it just looks bad that they only reason they'll wean themselves off the funding from State is because they ask for something in return - which is not even REALLY the case. For over 60 years, as long as they were exempt from Army service the money was good, now all of a sudden it's no good anymore? Did we miss something here? a new קבלת התורה perhaps? This law would come into effect even if the institutions took
no Government funding. The way people in Israel see it it's about doing your share, whether or not you're supported by the ממשלה. Rich kids also go to the army. I doubt
Reb Berel is saying that they should cease taking ANY money, even for individuals, like ביטוח לאומי, קופת חולים, or other stipends that families get per child. Because then he'd be condoning mass starvation... So what would not taking money for מוסדות accomplish, very little if anything. Maybe it would make them look even worse in the eyes of the irreligious. But maybe we shouldn't care since the
Charedim will soon be the majority in the
Medineh anyway... So the bombastic headline, made to make
Satmar look good, perhaps? or everybody else look not so smart? It's nonsense. As far as what will eventually happen in ארץ ישראל? Time will tell. We'll talk about that soon, אי"ה.
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