Isn’t there anything on the ultra-Orthodox side?
The rabbi frequently attacks the Haredi sector and the problematic system. The arbitrary restrictions, the concealment of the truth, the fixation, etc. I strongly identify with some of the things he says, but one point always bothers me – doesn’t their system work better overall? Aren’t the turnout rates on the question drastically lower than the national religious public?
You will probably argue that herd education is fundamentally wrong and that it is better to give people a choice, etc. However, I think the root of the matter lies in the general perception of people.
That is, your view is that everyone is more or less like you… or at least that’s how they should be. Intellectuals, coldly and dryly analyzing claims, definitions, etc., and based on that, forming their opinions and choices.
But the Haredi method assumes that we live in a world where people are drawn to temptations and in many cases “dress” their opinions according to the situation they are in. The fewer boundaries you set for them, the more they will naturally be drawn to things that in many cases they themselves do not agree with within themselves. What is called – an opinion from a position.
If a person grows up in a brothel, he will probably have difficulty keeping Torah and mitzvot… The opening conditions for keeping mitzvot are supposed to have certain boundaries and in some cases even require concealing facts and distancing oneself from the outside world. Things that on the surface sound disconnected and fanciful in themselves, but in the aggregate they work better.
And when I say better, I mean despite the lack of choice and the supposed concealment of the truth. And that’s because of two things:
A – The purpose of my life and that of my children is to keep Torah and mitzvot. So even if this borders on a lack of choice, the main thing is to get rid of the care.
B – This is not a lack of choice as stated. A lack of choice is placing a person in a situation full of temptations that he will have difficulty resisting, thereby making his mind and choice based on them. Even if he chose this way, in many cases it is a choice of laziness and not a choice from reason. It is not his mind. (At least that is how I understand the Haredi narrative).
I would love to hear your opinion on the matter. thanks.
