[Avodah] Seclusion is not the Jewish Way

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From: _mirskym at sympatico.ca_ (mailto:mirskym at sympatico.ca) 


>>Yitzchok  Levine provides source material from RSRH supporting this.  But 
how does  this square with Austritt?  Was the issue that associating with 
the Reform  was more dangerous than Avraham amongst the nations of his  
time?<<



Michael 

 
>>>>>  
Avraham kept himself away from the evils of the big city and refused to  
associate with reshaim -- it was Lot, not Avraham, who settled in Sedom, while 
 Avraham lived a rural life, in a tent.  At the same time, his tent was 
open  on all four sides and he was exceptionally warm and hospitable to all -- 
on  his terms, in his own home.  ("Wash that avodah zarah off your feet 
before  you come in -- now, how can I serve you, what can I do for you?  Please  
enjoy my chulent and kugel, my beautiful Shabbos table and a soft bed and 
how  else can I help you?  And oh yes, don't forget to thank G-d -- me?   
pshaw, it was nothing...it was all His doing, the least I can do is share His  
bounty...")
 
This is the model for austritt and kiruv, love for your fellow Jew,  
cordiality towards all humanity, and Torah independence.

--Toby Katz
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