tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post8794160501797538373..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Benefit of the doubt? (as it applies to Nir ben Arzi)joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-52710574346530181372011-03-23T12:39:22.608-04:002011-03-23T12:39:22.608-04:00So this is all jsut an asmachta to speak about hil...So this is all jsut an asmachta to speak about hilchos nevi shaker. Fine by me!Chanokhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-65108538545726081782011-03-23T12:05:10.777-04:002011-03-23T12:05:10.777-04:00you are right in that it probably is a waste, for ...you are right in that it probably is a waste, for the reasons you gave. there is an end in sight, though. i still have a few posts (right now, under a dozen), to dispense with. my problem is that i am wordy. but i look forward to the day that all this is out of my queue.<br /><br />thanks,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-55876981353128314382011-03-23T11:31:53.684-04:002011-03-23T11:31:53.684-04:00Dear Josh,
while you always manage to give interes...Dear Josh,<br />while you always manage to give interesting halachic and hashkafic insights when you speak of Harav Hagaon Hatzaddik Hanavi HaPsychictractordriver NBA, I don't quite get why you feel the need to update us so much on his case. Sure, I too do get some sorrowful laughs from reading all of this nonsense, but is he really such of a phenomenon is Israel? I, for one, had never heard of him until you wrote about him. <br />In any event it would be interesting if you could give us some sociological insight: who are his followers? What is this shul he gives "shiurim" in? Is he really making headlines more than the dozens of other fire-and-brimstone maggidim? Is the debate about him limited to the JBlogosphere?<br />In other words, rather than spending so much energy in a debunking that is, in my opinion, really needed neither by the skeptics (because they have enough historical knowledge to know what to think about these would-be prophets) nor by the naive "believers" (because they'll believe no matter what), maybe it would be better for you to explain to us why you think this one in particular is worth a post almost everyday.<br />Respectfully,<br />Chanokh.Chanokhnoreply@blogger.com