“Beware the snobbery that makes a person believe they have the only knowledgeable eye in the room”
Gedalia Guttentag’s article about the tefillin wars of Tel Aviv makes a valid point and brings out what is happening in Israel today.
I would like to tell your readers how I experienced this about nine years ago. As the person in charge of the Beis Yisroel Torah Gemach, I was contacted by the shaliach who lives in the Southern area of Tiberias. He had requested a Torah for Kibbutz Deganya Alef.
This kibbutz was the first kibbutz established in Israel and is affiliated with Hashomer Hatzair. They wanted a kosher Torah to be placed in the kibbutz for bar mitzvahs, etc., and are coming back to Yiddishkeit. The Torah was placed and is presently being used on a regular basis.
The interesting thing about this is that the shaliach’s family name is Blau, from the Neturei Karta lineage. This is also where Moshe Dayan was born. It can’t get better than this! Let’s see what time will bring.
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