[Avodah] letter of RSRH

[SBA]

From: "Michael Makovi" < >
> 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.             >> R' SBA

I think even more of his followers are active devotees of his Zionism
too. 
>>

"His zionism"?? What does that mean?

>>(Actually, I wonder if were he alive today, he might simply be
the very mainstream Agudat Yisrael/non-Zionist; 

Maybe in Chul. 
But mainstream Agudah in EY? I strongly doubt it.

>>given that his son-in-law and the descendants thereof were extremely
involved in the Agudah, this seems like a safe assumption until someone
takes the time to do a detailed analysis.)

But how many of his descendents are/were involved in Israeli Aguda?

>>In any case, his Zionism wasn't a promiment part of his hashkafa

Only as much as and when necessary. He was busy dealing with the main
Shoresh Poreh Rosh veLaano of Germany at the time - which was Reform.

>>>> I simply say, "No one [even Rav Hirsch] is perfect". ;)

But had he been a Zionist (CV!) then you would consider him 'perfect"'???

SBA