[Avodah] Ehrlachkeit, not Frumkeit

[Beth & David Cohen]

"Translation:  An observant Jew should be honest -- should be ethical,
should have integrity, should be principled -- and should /also/ be  refined
in
his dress, speech and manners.

If he keeps Shabbos, keeps kosher, keeps the mitzvos -- he is frum.   It is
not a /bad/ thing to be frum, it's just not enough for a fully-developed
Torah Jew.


--Toby Katz"

I always thought that it is a mitzva to be ethical, honest and have
integrity. "V'asita hatov v'hayashar" for starters. So how can it be that
being honest and ethical is outside the definition of being "frum" if you
define frum as "keeping the mitzvos"?

David I. Cohen
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