[Avodah] Habituation

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From: "Chana" _Chana at Kolsassoon.org.uk_ (mailto:Chana at Kolsassoon.org.uk) 


>So  I'm not sure why Rabbi Kaminetsky thinks it is obvious that  the
>non-scholar will answer that a non-Jew is preferable. It appears to  me 
that
>no, the non-scholar will answer that the Jewish woman who  violates niddah
>is preferable.

>So I'm confused. Why does Rabbi  Kaminetsky believe (wrongly, IMHO) that 
the
>non-scholar will answer that  a non-Jew is preferable? [--RMM]

The point is though, that RYK is not  talking about a non scholar, or even,
IMHO a beginning or inexperienced  scholar.  He is talking about a full
fledged scholar.  

....That said, as I have said when this question has come up  previously, I 
have
a certain difficulty with RYK's example, because, quite  simply, it requires
a judging of the teshuva unlikelihood of the couple in  question.  
 

....But where one senses that there is no real knowledge of the make-up  of 
even
some of the key trees in the wood, conclusions about the nature of  the wood
as a whole does come across as somewhat premature.  Perhaps  more normally
somebody attempting to be a genuine scholar puts their ideas of  the nature
of the wood on hold while they learn about each and every tree,  and what 
RTK
is, IMHO doing, is reminding somebody at the end of that process  that they
then need to stand back and look at the wood as well, but, I  suspect he
might say, only  then.


Regards

Chana

 
 
>>>>>>
I was very flattered that R'n CL recognized my preference for looking at  
the wood and not just a tree here and there -- until I saw that pronoun  
"he."  "He might say....?"  Then I realized that RTK, at the end  there, was a 
typo for RYK -- R' Yakov Kaminetsky.  He most likely would,  indeed, say that 
at the end of the process one must look at the wood and not  just [some of] 
the trees.
 
Here we might almost segue into a discussion of that perennial, so  
misunderstood subject:  what is da'as Torah?
 
And here we might well find two examples of what da'as Torah would say  
about the specific issues we've been discussing lately.
 
1. re intermarriage -- for the masses of non-observant Jews -- what's  
better, marrying in (but not keeping taharas hamishpacha) or marrying out?   
Da'as Torah would say it is better for the individual and for Klal Yisrael if  
non-frum Jews marry Jews, marry in.
 
2. re hair covering for married women.  Da'as Torah would say it is  
required for married women and not required for single women, no matter how many  
interesting and learned articles you may read about, um, splitting hairs.
 

--Toby  Katz
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