Q&A: Does Rabbi Druckman make the Rabbi think again?
Does Rabbi Druckman make the Rabbi think again?
Question
I saw that the Rabbi doesn’t see a problem with not inviting the Prime Minister to Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav on Jerusalem Day.
So what if some yeshiva didn’t invite him? It’s puffed up with self-importance and doesn’t reflect much besides itself.
(Maybe it had prestige at some point, but it’s really not impressive today.)
Now Rabbi Druckman himself is a Merkaz HaRav student and a student and friend of the heads of the yeshiva in previous generations, and he is one of the prominent figures in the Religious Zionist sector. He said publicly and clearly that they should not have failed to invite the Prime Minister.
So now does the Rabbi retract what he said? And is he now willing to criticize their decision?
Answer
Where did you see that in what I wrote? What I wrote was that I’m not very interested in what that esoteric sect does or whom it invites. And why should something Rabbi Druckman says be of interest to me?
Discussion on Answer
Just say Dr. Prof. Druckman from Tel Aviv University and you’ll see how he suddenly bows down flat on hands and feet.
Why does the Rabbi call an important, longstanding yeshiva, with so many graduates, an esoteric sect?
Rabbi Druckman is a great Torah scholar, an important rabbi; why does the Rabbi see it as beneath his dignity to take an interest in what he says?