On the borders of Jewish culture in the country.
Hello Rabbi.
In these days of elections, religious laws and so on are emerging. I ask where the line is drawn between the legitimate right to give a Jewish character to the state and to impose religion on the non-believing public. Can a secular person also demand not to swear on a Bible, etc.? Where does the line cross? After all, the state is a Jewish state.
In general, I oppose religious coercion and religious legislation. An oath on the Bible is a joke, after all, taking an object of a mitzvah is part of a halakhic oath. For someone who does not hold the Bible as a holy object, what is the meaning of his oath? The state is Jewish in some amorphous national sense. It does not have much practical significance. Of course, this is a general approach. Each specific issue must be discussed on its own merits.
I couldn't understand the last sentence, what does it actually mean?
Would you like a more specific issue, for example, in education, there are those who are angry about learning about Jerusalem and the like, while in my opinion, this is part of the Jewish heritage.
What does this have to do with learning about Jerusalem? It's about history and geography. What does this have to do with religious questions? After all, no one teaches in a secular school that Jerusalem is holy in a religious sense. Maybe it's holy from the religious point of view, like Mecca for Muslims. General education about our people. This is nationalism without any connection to religion or values.
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