‘Take a Sword and Slay the Evil Inclination!’
- Rabbi Aaron Leib Steinman’s answer to a youth asking what to do about his lack of motivation in Torah learning
Two errors rear their head in most every revolution. First, the reformers do not move fast enough; instead they often experience a crisis of faith and become overwhelmed by demands that they govern “responsibly” rather than tear down the established order. Second, the reformers leave too much in place that can be used by their successors to rebuild the state they worked so hard to dismantle. This permits gains to be reversed as soon as another party takes control.
בכתבה האחרונה מאתר בריתי יצחק, כאן.
David Duke says he doesn’t oppose all Jews, only “Jewish Supremacists“. Great, so at least he opposes me!
The Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, once explained he doesn’t tell Chassidic tales because “one cannot educate with lies”. There’s a concise new book on the matter on HebrewBooks, here titled פתי יאמין לכל דבר: