A very nice and troubling analysis of the state of Yiddishkeit in America out side of the ghetto walls. The only thing missing was one word. Chabad. They are already doing all of the things that Rabbi Bashevkin correctly says needs to be done, and that is the entire focus of their movement. The reason why no one else under the Orthodox umbrella has been able to even tangently replicate Chabad’s success, their good ideas and desires notwithstanding, is because the key ingredient of that success is missing: Mesiras nefesh. From what other group are young couples willing to go… Read more »
A very nice and troubling analysis of the state of Yiddishkeit in America out side of the ghetto walls. The only thing missing was one word. Chabad. They are already doing all of the things that Rabbi Bashevkin correctly says needs to be done, and that is the entire focus of their movement. The reason why no one else under the Orthodox umbrella has been able to even tangently replicate Chabad’s success, their good ideas and desires notwithstanding, is because the key ingredient of that success is missing: Mesiras nefesh. From what other group are young couples willing to go… Read more »