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Warning: A bit of negativity ahead.
It really ticks me off when people don't know halacha and use it to be super frum. Especially when I am sitting there telling them something, and I know what the halacha is, because I have learned it or heard from a reputable rav, and they don't listen. They use it as an excuse to call another, random rabbi and see how strict they can possibly be. Annoying. Sorry, rant over.
posted by Shoshana @ 6:44 PM
7 Comments:
Heh. Sadly, too many of us experience this.
there is rarely such a thing as THE halchah - common mistake by most religious people
Ezzie -
I know.
TRK -
You are right, and the above was inspired by an issue that isn't so straightforward. But, if they were calling their personal rav to find out what he thought, I wouldn't have had such a problem. But to just call any random rabbi and ask, when I was sitting there telling them what I had learned from a just as respected, or very possibly more respected rabbi, is just annoying.
This is probably the number one problem with the Jewish community (in New York) today and is the cause of every other problem that you can think of.
Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as being too frum. Being excessively frum is not the same as being a tzaddik/tzadeket.
We're warned not to be naval b'reshut haTorah. Now we need the warning not to be naval b'assur haTorah.
The Talmud says that very often a person appears to be doing Maaseh Pinchas and is realing doing Masseh Zimri..
Its about compensating, For example, have tremendous Chumras in Bain Adom Lchaveiro or Honesty in Business..
B'al Tosif is something more people should keep in mind.
The Gemara says being machmir is a lot easier than being meikil. It's obviously true. People feel like they are more frum if they take the stricter position.
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