What does the rabbi think about ‘Daat Emet’?
Hello, there is a website for a Twitter user called ‘Da’at Emet’ that publishes, among other things, photos of rabbis saying strange things. Usually, these are not sermons and reflections, but rather daily daf yomi lessons in knowledge.
Today, for example, they showed Rabbi Lau teaching about bringing a child under the age of 3.
In the Rabbi’s opinion, is it advisable to avoid teaching these pages in the Gemara? To teach but not to film them for public broadcast?
Is there any point in studying these strange issues?
The guy (Yaron Yadan) is a kollel leader who came out in question and since then, in his frustration, has been searching for Torah and Judaism underground. He has a few good arguments here and there, and there are many that are less good. This is one of the less good ones. I have long thought that his Haredi upbringing (after he repented) is what is holding him back because he attacks a very problematic Judaism (which he was raised on). For example, he finds scientific errors in the Gemara and makes a problem out of it. He sees this as a setback because of his Haredi upbringing that the Amoraim were higher beings who cannot make mistakes. It’s a shame for David. This is one of the ugly fruits of Haredi upbringing, which is childish and very problematic.
As for the coming of less than a third child, this is an issue that definitely needs discussion and I don’t see anything strange about it. We need to examine whether such a coming is a coming and what its meaning is. What’s wrong with such a discussion? And did they recommend that it actually come on a third child? You can study everything, photograph it, and spread it, and most of the issues that seem to you to be delusional are not. Sometimes we deal with cases that will not come true, but that too in order to clarify the principles of halakhic law (see my article on validity here on the site). You can study and photograph it, and spread it, and it is highly recommended to ignore chatterboxes like Yaron Yadan, and certainly not let them influence your choices of what to study and what to photograph. He only makes me feel sorry for a frustrated person.
I agree that the Haredi education Yaron Yadan received was “childish and very problematic” as the rabbi said. To go so far as to say that this characterizes all Haredi education is close to giving it a bad name.
Yaron Yadan was raised secular, of course. He received the Haredi education when he converted. And this is the education that all Haredim receive. Indeed, it gives them a bad name, but what can you do if their name is indeed bad?!
I understood that it was about the education he received after becoming Haredi.
As a Jew living within the so-called "Haredi" community, who has many problems with that community, I thought this site would help me, but when I see that "Michi" says "that their name is indeed bad", I realize that there is nothing to look for here.
Bye bye, Sha Bracha
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