Reply To: Three Oaths Essay by Daniel Pinner

Yankel Berel said:

“FYI. Steipler writes clearly, black on white,
in Karyane De’Igreta, volume 1,
that it is assur to say lashon hara about Dati Leumi Yehudim,
even if they [mistakenly] believe that the state is the forerunner of our ge’oula.

They are not ‘begeder yatsa miklal amitecha’
and are to be considered our brother in all halachik respects.”