tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post5013638604872051447..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Community Rabbi, reporting from GazaThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-25817603548072845262009-01-05T14:53:00.000-05:002009-01-05T14:53:00.000-05:00Anonymous-Thanks for your comment.As I said to Bat...Anonymous-<BR/>Thanks for your comment.<BR/>As I said to Batya, there is always a way to link them. The question is whether people are open to hearing a rabbi comment on politics, when he doesn't have any great political knowhow beyond that of any other intelligent person.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-45486175042263891712009-01-05T12:51:00.000-05:002009-01-05T12:51:00.000-05:00I don't see why it has to be either current events...I don't see why it has to be either current events/politics OR about making aliya. Why can't it be both or each one on a different week? At our women's parsha class, the Rabbanit always finds some way of linking the parsha to current events, politics, OR aliya. It always gives a different spin on the parsha and is for me at least, quite refreshing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-13552573933178852212009-01-04T11:04:00.000-05:002009-01-04T11:04:00.000-05:00Batya-It's not a matter of whether you can connect...Batya-<BR/>It's not a matter of whether you can connect them, or about speaking about Israel. It's about speaking on current events (as opposed to, say, the imperative for aliyah).The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-57159470668410858232009-01-04T08:33:00.000-05:002009-01-04T08:33:00.000-05:00I was in the states before Disengagement and I was...I was in the states before Disengagement and I was disgusted, very tempted to shout from the Ezrat Nashim, when the rabbis in two different MO shuls talked of Darfur and ignored the plight of fellow Jews and the holiness of Eretz Yisrael.<BR/><BR/>It may be the spirit of Chana here in Shiloh, but I don't see how it can be so difficult to connect every week's parsha to current events concerning Jews and Eretz Yisrael.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11246929075812590204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-83008895886495000742008-12-29T14:55:00.000-05:002008-12-29T14:55:00.000-05:00Leora-Thanks! And yes, the Rav was brilliantly dry...Leora-<BR/>Thanks! And yes, the Rav was brilliantly dry in his humor, although I had not heard that story.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-35705725603300870932008-12-28T19:55:00.000-05:002008-12-28T19:55:00.000-05:00Years ago someone asked the Rav (Rav Soloveitchik)...Years ago someone asked the Rav (Rav Soloveitchik) a question about science. His response? You tell me, you're the scientist (he had lots of MIT grad students attend his lectures). When they asked him about Soviet Jewry, he said, why are you asking me, ask someone who is an expert on Soviet Jewry?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I do find your viewpoint interesting, especially since I know you read Jameel first.Leorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303493764579879710noreply@blogger.com