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I hear both sides. While I am fairly certain that this will ultimately have a negative effect on the kids that were there, I understand that this protest was never intended to be for their benefit but rather to protest against public chilul shabbos. Is that a fair trade-off?

I did speak with a rabbi who I consider to be one of the world's foremost experts on helping OTD kids (and I have personal experience with way too many of them), and he was vehemently against it. He felt that a protest like this will cause significantly more kids to go off, as it now created an us-vs-them mentality that until now only simmered below the surface but is now being forced on them.

12 years ago I was ordered to leave Lakewood because of a (in hindsight) very trivial incident. Do you know what that type of ostracization does to an angry teenager? It makes them angrier and more eager to do the things that caused them to be ostracized in the first place. Some of these kids may have been only testing the waters, hanging out with friends who are much more brazen than them right now. Now they feel like they there's no return. Some of these kids have friends that they will now convince to join them who otherwise were only being mechalel shabbos behind closed doors. There are plenty of kids who are currently in yeshiva and looking the part, but also engaging in all forms of illicit activities including drugs and chilul shabbos. Many of these kids will now feel emboldened to join a "community" of like minded kids. Etc etc etc.

Chop off the limb to save the body, I get that concept even if I don't agree with it. But what about anything connected to that limb? This has consequences reaching far beyond the kids that were physically being mechalel shabbos at the  lake, and I don't think anyone thought about this beyond how it would affect the protesters and the protestees.

My 2 cents.

Lakewood shabbos DO (singing kah echsof in the park, while smoking electric cigarettes using a shabbos switch

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Grodnoking (Need a shabbos switch for my Ecig, who can bring one?)

Probable:

Impossible:
henche


תניא פרק ל"ב

ומ"ש בגמ' שמי שרואה בחבירו שחטא מצוה לשנאותו וגם לומר לרבו שישנאהו. היינו בחבירו בתורה ומצות וכבר קיים בו מצות הוכח תוכיח את עמיתך עם שאתך בתורה ובמצות ואעפ"כ לא שב מחטאו כמ"ש בס' חרדים

 אבל מי שאינו חבירו ואינו מקורב אצלו הנה ע"ז אמר הלל הזקן הוי מתלמידיו של אהרן אוהב שלום וכו' אוהב את הבריות ומקרבן לתורה. לומר שאף הרחוקים מתורת ה' ועבודתו ולכן נקראי' בשם בריות בעלמא צריך למשכן בחבלי עבותו' אהבה וכולי האי ואולי יוכל לקרבן לתורה ועבודת ה' והן לא לא הפסיד שכר מצות אהבת ריעים

וגם המקורבים אליו והוכיחם ולא שבו מעונותיהם שמצוה לשנאותם מצוה לאהבם ג"כ ושתיהן הן אמת שנאה מצד הרע שבהם ואהבה מצד בחי' הטוב הגנוז שבהם שהוא ניצוץ אלקות שבתוכם המחיה נפשם האלקית וגם לעורר רחמים בלבו עליה כי היא בבחי' גלות בתוך הרע מס"א הגובר עליה ברשעי' והרחמנות מבטלת השנאה ומעוררת האהבה כנודע ממ"ש ליעקב אשר פדה את אברהם [ולא אמר דה"עה תכלית שנאה שנאתים וגו' אלא על המינים והאפיקורסים שאין להם חלק באלהי ישראל כדאיתא בגמרא ר"פ ט"ז דשבת]:

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #900 on: May 26, 2015, 03:55:23 PM »
This guy disagrees with you...
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I'm not who you think I am.

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #901 on: May 26, 2015, 04:04:15 PM »
apparently someone is hoping to develop something new. Either way, Aaron Kotler is not the prime source for these things.
Ya I'm not sure how he became the decider here. So what if he said that? I have to agree with him?

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #902 on: May 26, 2015, 04:21:18 PM »

He's clearly in damage control mode..
The roshei yeshiva LED the protest.


Besides, this email is suspicious. The subject line doesn't match the content.

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #903 on: May 26, 2015, 04:50:13 PM »
He's clearly in damage control mode..
The roshei yeshiva LED the protest.


Besides, this email is suspicious. The subject line doesn't match the content.
+1

I can't imagine Aaron Kotler starting off an email with "FYI"
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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #904 on: May 26, 2015, 05:13:05 PM »
He's clearly in damage control mode..
The roshei yeshiva LED the protest.


Besides, this email is suspicious. The subject line doesn't match the content.
I agree ,yakrot where did you get it from?

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #905 on: May 26, 2015, 06:06:05 PM »

But haven't we tried the loving and understanding method already?

And how can Daas Torah be wrong?

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #906 on: May 26, 2015, 06:27:49 PM »
And how can Daas Torah be wrong?
Daas Torah is always wrong. Always.

It's because the people who have Daas Torah are uneducated fools who don't understand the modern world. They are living in a bygone, dark, unenlightened world.

They are also inherently unethical because of their lack of a modern education which is the source of ethical and moral values.



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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #907 on: May 26, 2015, 06:33:37 PM »
I agree ,yakrot where did you get it from?
Floating around whatsapp... I don't on any way vouch for its legitimacy

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #908 on: May 26, 2015, 06:52:57 PM »
Daas Torah is always wrong. Always.

It's because the people who have Daas Torah are uneducated fools who don't understand the modern world. They are living in a bygone, dark, unenlightened world.

They are also inherently unethical because of their lack of a modern education which is the source of ethical and moral values.
You're being sarcastic right? I'm just checking cause after the things you posted here I'm a little unsure

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #909 on: May 26, 2015, 06:53:34 PM »
Floating around whatsapp... I don't on any way vouch for its legitimacy
I wish you would have said that when you posted it...

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #910 on: May 26, 2015, 06:54:34 PM »
You're being sarcastic right? I'm just checking cause after the things you posted here I'm a little unsure
Was the post I was responding too sarcastic?

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #911 on: May 26, 2015, 06:54:37 PM »
I wish you would have said that when you posted it...
Why would you trust it here more than on watsapp?
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #912 on: May 26, 2015, 06:55:36 PM »
Was the post I was responding too sarcastic?
Yes but that doesn't mean anything.

Why would you trust it here more than on watsapp?
You can trust the poster...

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #913 on: May 26, 2015, 07:30:00 PM »


Yes but that doesn't mean anything

So to answer your question, yes.




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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #914 on: May 29, 2015, 02:57:30 PM »
So is there gonna be action this week?

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #915 on: May 29, 2015, 03:24:32 PM »
Was None laat week
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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #916 on: May 29, 2015, 05:49:16 PM »
So is there gonna be action this week?
That's a really callous way of talking. "Action"? Is this a soap opera to you? And now you confirmed what I suspected.

Amazingly, you PTU and other guys on your side of the issue actually write like mentchen on other threads. I am sure if I met you in person I would like you and respect you. But on this issue... I have to hold my nose from the stench.

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #917 on: May 29, 2015, 05:55:39 PM »
That's a really callous way of talking. "Action"? Is this a soap opera to you? And now you confirmed what I suspected.

Amazingly, you PTU and other guys on your side of the issue actually write like mentchen on other threads. I am sure if I met you in person I would like you and respect you. But on this issue... I have to hold my nose from the stench.
Actually was referring to the threatened counter protest by the otd adults scheduled for this week...

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #918 on: May 29, 2015, 05:57:23 PM »
Actually was referring to the threatened counter protest by the otd adults scheduled for this week...

I knew exactly what you meant.

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Re: Lakewood Shabbos rally
« Reply #919 on: May 29, 2015, 05:58:49 PM »
I knew exactly what you meant.
Well that for me would be a soap opera. Tragic but fascinating.