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<DIV>In a message dated 5/29/2007 R' Eli Turkel wrote: <BR><FONT
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size=2><BR>>>SBA thinks Satmar is mainstream because he quotes the Sheloh
etc.<BR>By mainstream I mean today's mainstream. How many yeshivot in EY
learn<BR>VM and how many learn the thoughts of R. Kook and
RYBS?<<<BR><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>To you and to me Satmar is not "mainstream" -- but I think you might
get a shock if you had the answer to this question: how many Satmar babies
were born last year in the whole world (E'Y and chu'l) vs. how many non-Satmar
charedi and DL babies were born? How many babies are born in a
lifetime per Satmar woman vs how many babies per non-Satmar charedi or DL
woman? I read somewhere that if present demographic trends continue (of
course they may change -- no one knows the future) then a hundred years from
now, 90% of the Jews in the world will be Orthodox -- and 90% of those will be
Satmar.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><STRONG></STRONG><BR><B>--Toby
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