Me too. Does Chabad charge an ETF? What if there is a material change in the terms (no more shlichus spots, zal tuition rising higher than $20K)?
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How do you guys remember those threads?Just re-read, cute !
I'm part of a secret group of gatekeepers who decide who gets to join Chabad, I'm keeping tabs on you
i just think he was in one cult
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Did his wife follow him?The beard is (kaballistically) the source of a person's livelihood, but in Matisiyahu's case it wasn't just a kabbalistic symbol, rather, his whole success was due to his look (the beard etc.), now he is a nobody and nobody will give two cents for him.
Is it just me, or does he look a bit like a drag...
I had the same thought. He looks likes Magnotta.
We need a smoking lounge or mikva talk section for this stuff...
Based on that interview, I will be shocked if this man is a frum jew in 5 years from now.Calling "ludicrous" the chasidic belief that the yud gimel midos ha'rachamim and G-ds mercy comes through the beard and what the tzemach tzedek paskened a d'oraisa is but a step away from calling "ludicrous" the need to keep kosher, observe shabbos, or tefillin in order not be cut off from G-d.
If not for Chabad's intense identification with beards I don't think it would be as big a deal, the rest of us frum Jews don't see it as the same deoraisa (done properly of course).In kiruv there is always the fear someone takes on too much too soon and isn't ready 4 it.As he says he jumped in when he saw yiddishkeit was real and then was 2 afraid to take a step back. That's why he's expressing it so disagreeably (to some of us) now.I don't think it's minhag and rabbi's that he's throwing out as much as the fear culture he was living with, kind of like a chassidish kid from willy who finds out that if he reads a secular book he's still jewish (as long as he finds out b4 he sleeps with a shikse)
I'm with Armadillo here.Sounds like from the topics, you can bet by the bookmaker whether he will stay frum or not.Whether it looks pro or con, it shouldn't keep us busy.
+1...Matis - I'm with you
5 years? Sorry, I meant 5 months...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elad-nehorai/matisyahu-transformation-religious-jews-react_b_1571249.htmlOK so we don't know all the facts yet, but I'm sure they'll be forthcoming.Like I said, this wasn't a beards versus skins fight as some folks here wanted to frame it and get defensive about, it was the attitude he espoused when he took it off.Still disagree with me?
