To the group
I’d like to compliment every poster, because your comments are all spot on, but let me take this in a different direction. For many years I was part of the Rabbi Miller world. Eventually I was turned off by some of his comments. That wasn’t the problem. The problem was that I wasn’t allowed to express my point of view. The Rosh Yeshiva, who I loved, would say things like, “When you’ve gone through Shas 10 times and Mesillas Yesharim 50 times like Rabbi Miller, then you can argue with him.” This didn’t sit well with me because I’m a Lower East Sider and the Feinsteins never stifled anyone from expressing his opinion. The point is that Lubavichers face the same problem. I’m sure that many recognize the issues that we’ve brought to the fore, but they feel that they can’t say or do anything or they’ll face ostracism. I’d like to offer an olive branch(Parshas Noach) and welcome Lubavichers to express their concerns. No one will attack them. It’s totally anonymous. The reality is that Chabad does a tremendous amount of good and the Rebbe was a visionary with his far flung Chabad houses, but there are serious concerns with their belief system. For Manis Friedman to state that no Jew can be punished today because of the long bitter exile is but one glaring example as to how far they’ve strayed from our Mesorah.