T rue over the centuries the Jewish People has had its share of major debates that pitted communities and even families against each other. But difficult as those conflagrations were they all related to how to properly serve Hashem not to reject His existence. Today it’s become a denial of the essence.
My friend and I parted ways last Thursday night by the Kosel after another round of discussion and a seemingly endless series of dead-end conversations. I felt more sorry than annoyed.
Our conversation as you might have guessed was about Reform Jewry’s attempt to take a piece of the Kosel for themselves; yet my friend was adamant in his unwillingness to understand why we the Torah-observant community insist on preventing them from doing so.
“Gadol hashalom ” he quoted to me claiming that it is we who are causing a rift in the Jewish People. “Live and let live ” he said. “Why should it bother us?” he continued. “Let everybody pray the way they want to” — and all the rest of the clichés that surround us.
