tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186734097245460670.post4396804681825533512..comments2024-03-08T23:57:17.923+02:00Comments on Achas L'Maala V'Sheva L'Matta: Yair (ben Menashe) ben Yosef - Parshat VayechiYechezkel Hirshmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18417734718880643428noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186734097245460670.post-18275152763008991382015-01-03T18:33:50.172+02:002015-01-03T18:33:50.172+02:00I learned today in our Parasha, that these same gr...I learned today in our Parasha, that these same grandchildren and great grandchildren were the ones to stand at Har Sinai and to make it thru the desert an into Eretz Yisrael with Yehoshua. now, that's quite an accomplishment.Neshamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326762185596512130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186734097245460670.post-79107645923902727572014-12-31T00:16:02.946+02:002014-12-31T00:16:02.946+02:00Dear Mr. Bald Guy,
Thank you for your comment.
F...Dear Mr. Bald Guy,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment.<br /><br />Firstly, I would say that it is evident that you have not read my book. My initial suggestion is to please read it first, and if, by that point, this question is still bothering you please get back to me and we can discuss it from a vantage point of knowledge.<br /><br />That said, I will offer a very brief direct response that this is not about increasing education or military burden. If it were, our Arab cousins would be getting the same treatment.<br /><br />Rather, this is clearly an issue of control. Attempting to control and to dictate to a population that wants to play the game differently. There is nothing wrong with increased education if one values it and wants it. But to dictate to somebody who has a particular set of educational values that they must accept your educational values is coercion. Do I need to explain to you why coercion is a bad thing?<br /><br />As far a defense of one's country - it would probably surprise you to learn that (a) the chareidim have a different perception of how to best defend one's country and (b) the chareidim are very non-discriminatory and do not believe that everybody else has to do it.<br /><br />All the best.<br /><br />Yechezkel Yechezkel Hirshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417734718880643428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186734097245460670.post-65007517529168355442014-12-30T17:38:22.616+02:002014-12-30T17:38:22.616+02:00Setting aside ad hominem attacks as far as Mr. Lap...Setting aside ad hominem attacks as far as Mr. Lapid is concerned, or the way he may have went about attempting to implement his programme - can you explain why it is that increased/any education in maths/science/English (language) necessarily a bad thing? Or why participating in the defense of one's country is a bad thing, especially since everyone else has to do it?<br /><br />Thank you.The Bald Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989601722428444663noreply@blogger.com