[Avodah] If there is no Torah there is no Derekh-Eretz, and if there is no Derekh-Eretz, there is no Torah

[Prof. Levine]

The following is from Mordechai Breuer's The TIDE of RSRH.

There is no doubt
concerning Hirsch's sincere hope that his system would spread
to wherever Jews were striving to raise their children to live a
Torah life and as long as there was a conflict between Torah
education and the spirit of the time. He had declared on many
occasions that he saw in Torah-im-Derekh-Eretz the only salvation
for the future of the nation. Upon his arrival in Moravia,
where he held the office of Chief Rabbi, he never ceased his
striving in the spirit of his conception, and his failure in this
respect was one of the main reasons for his resigning that post.
In a circular which he sent to the communities before his departure,
he explicitly warned them:

"Neither should you lend your ears to those that alienate themselves
from life and science, believing that Judaism must fear
them as its worst enemies. They are mistaken in believing that
Judaism and all that is holy to it can only be saved by shutting
off the sanctuary of Israel within its four walls and by locking the
door against any gust of the fresh wind of life, or any beam of
the light of science. Listen only to the voice of our Sages (who
said): If there is no Torah there is no Derekh-Eretz, and if there
is no Derekh-Eretz, there is no Torah."

If anyone is interested in reading this pamphlet,  please let me know 
and I will send you a link to it. YL

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