<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; ">The greatest distancing is when talmidei chachamim are not connected with one another. The Netziv comments at length (introduction to Sefer Bereishit and <span class="SpellE">Responsa</span> <span class="SpellE">Meishiv</span> Davar 44)<span> </span>on Chazal's statement that on account of Sinas chinam the Beis Hamikdosh was destroyed. He explains that this was not plain baseless hatred, but in that generation there was lack of connection between talmidei chachamim because of the difference in their opinions, and there did not dwell between them love about their very greatness of Torah. </span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">As long as we are disagreeable with even <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">one</span></b> other when we happen to disagree, we retain the midbar within ourselves. As long as we don't deal with the Fours Sons and as long as we don't embrace the arba minim and as long as we remain in the wilderness, we will miss the authentic Shavuos. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">K.T.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">ri</span></font></div></body></html>