Reply To: Am I A Hypocrite? Or Just Plain Selfish?

Thank you all for your replies. They are greatly appreciated.

Yes, I knew that he was being unreasonable. But sometimes it’s good to ask an outside opinion, especially when you are a nogeiah b’davar as I am here. Considering the fact that it’s going to take me several more years to write (assuming HKBH gives me the life, health, and strength to do so), I have a lot invested in this, and so, I can’t really claim to have a truly objective view.

Just to address some of the points brought up:

What is stopping this fellow from raising money and fulfilling his own idea? Why does it need to be the one you’re working to get?

To be fair, he is doing this. He’s already arranged to have five Sifrei Torah sent to the Army.

1) Why “the Israeli Army and the chayalim” either write “soldiers” or “Tzeva HaYisraeli”.

Because I’m not always consistent. Chatasi…

I’m sure your friend means well, but I think he’s wrong about this.

I have no doubt that his intentions are good.

The main thing is that you shouldn’t talk during leining. Everything else is commentary.

Sorry… as the ba’al kriah, it’s my job to talk during laining. 🙂

FYI- most hold that if you donate a sefer torah then you lose your mitzva of ksivas sefer torah.
Best practice if you want to be mikayim the mitzva is to lend it to whomever will use it, while keeping ownership of the ST yourself.

Yes, I know. That was the plan all along – to put it in the shul I daven in and use it during Krias HaTorah.

The Wolf