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Yehuda Krohn

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15 Oct

https://twitter.com/dyshor/status/1316595937532424198

If nothing else, this thread clarifies what a good number of my coreligionists have been telling themselves, as they justify the curves too many of them have been shooting, for too long, around safety guidelines.

https://twitter.com/dyshor/status/1316595937532424198

If you read between the lines, you can discern how many self-appointed epidemiologists our community has spawned and how very little ownership we take for not just the “crazies“, but entire sub-communities that have ignored safety guidelines.

You won’t get a chance to read about the duplicity of those who made (literally) underground weddings, so they could host hundreds of people, without masks, in their own neighborhoods.

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Yehuda Krohn

@YehudaKrohn

2 Oct

https://twitter.com/YehudaKrohn/status/1312048604526391297

Thread:

A Rabbi who taught us in NY recalls his childhood:

His father had been murdered by the Nazis. He and his peers were raised in a DP camp. The Rebbi who taught them Torah, himself a survivor, was a tyrant. He whipped boys for not mastering their lessons.

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https://twitter.com/YehudaKrohn/status/1312048604526391297

Our Rebbi and his peers decided to stay up one night reciting Tehillim/Psalms, hoping that G-d would heed their prayers and kill their sadistic Rebbi!

He recalls their sense of amazement, upon waking up the next morning and discovering... that their Rebbi was still alive.

2/

This story and my original tweet speak to the way religious people face the conundrum of a world that allows for abuse and suffering, alongside of prayer, faith, and naivete.

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Yehuda Krohn

@YehudaKrohn

8 Sep

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About a week ago, I asked a Posek (Jewish law decisor), whom I respect, why he was advising a local school to reinstate full in-person learning, even as the students were barely 3 apart from each other, even as the school had no medical advisory board. 1/4

He responded that, when it comes to public health, there are stringent experts and there are lenient experts. He named one expert (of whom I’d never heard) who, among other things, said that only 3 feet of distance are necessary. 2/4

When I later shared this exchange with a slightly older and perhaps wiser Rabbi, he responded “That doctor is a Da’at Yachid (minority opinion).” Then he playfully, facetiously added “You know, Jewish Law always follows the Da’at Yachid.” (It doesn’t.) 3/4

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Yehuda Krohn

@YehudaKrohn

2 Aug

@HannahLebovits

@HannahLebovits @ProfJSDavies This characterization is incomplete.

The focus of Charedi education, which extends anywhere from 5 to 25 years post-high school, is on knowing the intricacies of Jewish law and on cultivating the Inspiration to live by Jewish law. Scholarship and integrity are at a premium.

@HannahLebovits

@HannahLebovits @ProfJSDavies The Insular and particularist tendencies of Charedi community derive from multiple factors, including its perception that broader society is immoral and increasingly devaluing of religious practice and belief.

@HannahLebovits

@HannahLebovits @ProfJSDavies Charedi Jews, when considering broader society, typically do not distinguish between its more sophisticated and (secular) educated members and those of its members who seem to encourage promiscuity and crass behavior.

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Yehuda Krohn

@YehudaKrohn

14 Jun

A Modern-day Midrash:

When the Rabbis were ready to share their Minyan Guidelines:

They first offered them to the foodies: “What, no Kiddushes? This is not for us!”

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photo credit: Levi Clancy; unsplash

Then they offered them to the insomniacs: “What, we have to commit to attend for several straight days? Not for us!”

Then they offered them to the ADHD congregants: “What, no walking around and Schmoozing? Not for us!”

2/

Then they offered them to the Carlbach Chevra: What, no getting up out of our chairs? Not for us?

Then they offered them to the Chassidim: “What, no singing? Not for us!”

3/

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Yehuda Krohn

@YehudaKrohn

7 Jun

https://twitter.com/themishpacha/status/1267208265487835141

There are some priceless nuggets in this article.

I fear, though, that Rabbi Lopiansky, missed the meta-message of the Mashiach musings he fielded. People, especially children, are hurting, as months-long crises derail their plans, hopes and dreams. 1/

https://twitter.com/themishpacha/status/1267208265487835141

Many who ask "Is Moshiach coming?" are obliquely sharing a deep sense of despair. They, in particular, will likely *not* benefit from a history lesson, a journey through Halachah, or even a touching observation made by the Rov. 2/

Alice Miller, noted psychologist, would invite parents and teachers to view children as visitors from a world they once knew intimately well.

Even as we assure our youth that we'll survive, let's not ignore the vulnerability nestled in the innocent questions they pose. 3/

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