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One often hears Torah Im Derech Eretz (TIDE) being labeled a Horaas
Shaah. RSRH did what he did because of the times that he lived in.
However, TIDE is really not the "true" Torah
way.<br><br>
Rabbi Shelomo Danziger turns things around. On page 106 of his
essay <b>Rav S.R. Hirsch -His TIDE Ideology, </b> he writes<br><br>
<font size=3>"We should go our own way, convinced of the correctness
and relevance of TIDE as the ideal Torah system, as the l'Chatchilah. We
should promote it as such
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>vigorously, </i>no less
aggressively than the nonHirschian Yeshiva world and Chassidic groups,
who see themselves as
</font>l'Chatchilah<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3> and others as
b’dieved. We may respectfully grant the usefulness, and indeed, the
hidden blessing of the non-Hirschian approach as a Horaas
Shaah."<br><br>
May I suggest that you read the entire essay at
<a href="http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/danziger_tide.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/danziger_tide.pdf</a> before
commenting?<br>
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Yitzchok Levine</font></body>
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