I most certainly don’t agree with all of Rabbi Mazuz’s opinions, as I already noted in the past.
But his general approach of intellectual honesty, unbound by frozen status quo bias or appeal to false authority, and therefore his willingness to consider wearing Techeiles and ascending Har Habayis, his Rishon-like method of studying historical artifacts to see if they change our understanding of the text, skillful conjecturing of textual variances, like the Vilna Gaon (and the Tunisian Talmudic Technique, generally), his “Kedushas Tzion-like” orientation, his fearless disdain of “Gadolatry”, his battles against giving away Eretz Yisra’el to our enemies (except during Shemittah!), and much more, all make his Torah a breath of fresh air.
How do you know he’s making an impression?
Here’s an image of the title page of a pamphlet titled “אמת קנה” written to stem his influence (and by vainly noting its mere supposed innovation, to boot…!).
I got this by email with the subject header warning of מידע חשוב על השקפות פסולות שמוכנסות לילדכם:
