[Avodah] remaining in learning

[Eli Turkel]

<<Avraham Yosef, Rav of Cholon and son of Rav
Ovadia Yosef,  "addressed R? Amsalem?s remarks
directly saying 'Anyone who says that only those
who are destined to become truly great in Torah
should be sitting and learning is an
apikores.  Those who learn Torah are the true
soldiers who are fighting on the front lines and
protecting us.  Without their learning, we have
no continuity, there is no life to our
soul.  Furthermore, those who live a life of
poverty in order to learn Torah remove themselves
from the gashmius of this world and are able to
attain a higher level of spirituality.'">>

What is disturbing about this quote is the use of the word "apikores"
As has been been discussed on the list there are various opinions
about the subject.
As Prof. Levine has noted Rav Breuer and the original Frankfurt community had a
different approach. We have already seen the quote from Maharal about treating
other opinions. Why is it that everyone expressing an different opinion is an
apikourus?

I note that the Shas newspaper called  R. Amsalem Amalek which was later
retracted by Yishai. We seem to have lost  the ability for any
rational conversation.

-- 
Eli Turkel