[Avodah] Judaism abhors extremism, as tempting as it may be

[Rich, Joel]

<http://mishmar.blogspot.com/2006/08/centrism-and-extremism.html> As the
Chazon Ish (Iggeros Chazon Ish 3:61), in a letter which is all but the
antithesis of Centrism, put it:



The Beinonius which has the right of existence, is the attribute of the
Beinonim who love extremism and strive for it with all of the will of
their soul, and they educate their descendants to the apex of extremism.
But how pathetic is the Beinonius which has contempt for extremism. The
obligation of our Chinuch is to extremism! The armory of Chinuch is, to
plant contempt and disgust for those who mock extremism."



	Yitzchok Levine   

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	Might it just be that HKB"H created us all differently and some
resonate to the extremist position while others don't and that it's a
case of eilu veilu and we need to be self aware of our own psyches and
empathetic to see how others view the world?
	
	KT
	Joel Rich 

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