tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post3915084131424848196..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: posts so far for parshat Ki Tavojoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-83737114252078947962010-08-29T11:47:31.061-04:002010-08-29T11:47:31.061-04:00I think the root of the matter is that most people...I think the root of the matter is that most people allow themselves to do what they consider minor wrongs, as it takes too much self control to be perfect. <br /><br />On a scale of 1 to 10, we permit ourselves to do a level 1 or 2 wrong. <br /><br />The problem in the Yeshiva community is that they consider things like Chalav Stam to be a level 9, and things like molestation a level 2!<br /><br />So in a certain sense it is precisely because the molestor's warped value system that he allowed himself to not control himself and molest. <br /><br />YosefAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-35724303929103333612010-08-29T11:35:23.545-04:002010-08-29T11:35:23.545-04:00To add to the previous comment, imagine a man who ...To add to the previous comment, imagine a man who comes running to shul at midnight huffing and puffing, he just came back from raping a woman, and he is running with all his strength to catch the last Maariv!!<br /><br />Wouldn't that strike you as odd?!<br /><br />Would you say, just because he did one thing wrong (i.e. rape a woman) doesn't mean he should do a second thing wrong (i.e. miss a minyan)!<br /><br />YosefAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-32452127026186957252010-08-29T00:15:38.704-04:002010-08-29T00:15:38.704-04:00I apologize for being off topic, but this is a com...I apologize for being off topic, but this is a comment on a post you wrote about 2 weeks ago on the molestor who insisted on food with only a Satmar Hashgachah.<br /><br />In your post, you defended him with the reasoning that just because he did one bad thing doesn't mean he should do another bad thing. <br /><br />I disagree for the following reason: It is possibly that part of the reason he molested kids is because of his bad value system that doesn't recognize that molestation isn't just wrong - it is terribly evil. <br />To illustrate: A story is told of someone who had his own private bottle of milk that he kept in the refrigerator in the yeshiva's coffee room, and every day a yeshiva guy stole some milk. Each day the owner tried a different tactic, such as writing his name, writing pivate forbidden to take, writing Gezel. Finally, he bought a Chalav Stam milk, and the problem was solved, it was no longer taken. <br /><br />So too here, this molestor treats non-Satmar food as "terribly evil" and molestation as just "bad" and thinks to himself that true he isn't Lamed Vav tzaddik but at least he is not so bad that he eats a non name brand hashgacha !!<br /><br />YosefAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com