[Avodah] letter of RSRH

[SBA]

From: joshhoff at aol.com
RSRH eventually replies to him saying "what in your eyes is a great Mitzvah
is in my eyes no small aveireh.."!
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The letter was to Rav Kalischer. Rabbi Klugman, who included this letter in
his excellent biography of RSRH, maintained, in an article on JO, that Rav
Hirsch never changed his position in this regard However, the fact is that
RSRH did send money to help support a group of religious German Jews who had
settled in EY.
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I doubt that proves anything. The greatest kanoim, including the SR, the
Minchas Elozor etc sent money to support religious Jews and Mosdos and even
establishing shikunim in EY.

But that is not similar to the Mizrachi's nochshlepping the Zionist
movement.

>>Moreover, his opposition was largely based on his patriotism to Germany, 

RSRH's statement to R' Kalisher: "what in your eyes is a great Mitzvah is in
my eyes no small aveireh.." has absolutely nothing to do with German
patriotism.

BTW, I get the feeling that quite a few passionate devotees of RSRH have no
idea that his Kanous included Zionism and wouldn't be surprised to learn
that if push came to shove many of them would dump RSRH - rather than their
own Zionist hashkofos.

SBA