tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post5965235079795069392..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Do Not TouchThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-72866570981202185942010-04-08T14:47:12.424-04:002010-04-08T14:47:12.424-04:00Joseph-
Yup.
ProfK-
I hear your point and agree i...Joseph-<br />Yup.<br /><br />ProfK-<br />I hear your point and agree in general. I was writing with this particular community in mind, and there the term "yeshivish" does make sense, for reasons that are specific to that community. But in general, I'd very much agree.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-77935179181215959052010-04-08T14:45:37.036-04:002010-04-08T14:45:37.036-04:00Along with turf wars there also comes the inevitab...Along with turf wars there also comes the inevitable labels, most of which have no "real" meaning that will hold as a definition to be used by everyone. It's why I disagree with your statement "and a serious split in the observant community between its more yeshivish members and its less-learned contingent." You seem to be defining the label "yeshivish" as being more learned. If you are not yeshivish then you are, de facto, less-learned. Sorry but it doesn't hold up. <br /><br />In the "real world" of Jewish labeling yeshivish does NOT indicate a particular level of learning but a STYLE of living/dress/actions, at least in a general nebulous way. It is why the majority of New Yorkers will call someone from Chaim Berlin yeshivish but will NOT apply the term to someone from YU, regardless of that YU-niks smicha and sitting in kollel learning. And regardless of the fact that many of those who self select as yeshivish may have spent many years inside of a yeshiva but still aren't very learned.<br /><br />According to today's labels you cannot be modern orthodox and be yeshivish--two distinct styles. Using your definition of yeshivish as being more learned, those adhering to the lable modern orthodox would be less-learned, a statement that simply won't hold up.<br /><br />It might be more accurate perhaps to say that this particular community is split along religious observance lines rather than knowledge lines.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-27549158476683323442010-04-08T09:03:23.519-04:002010-04-08T09:03:23.519-04:00Sad indeed. Pathetic.Sad indeed. Pathetic.Josephnoreply@blogger.com