Who’s Who, According to the Rambam
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“The Rebbe’s answer must have come as a shock to his correspondent. In volume 18 of the collection of letters by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, is found a letter dated the tenth of MarCheshvan, 1958, in which the Rebbe expresses his disapproval that his correspondent has ceased associating with Jews whom he refers to as those who scoff at and rebuff the Torah. ”
“Known for his inclusion of all Jews in the mitzvah of Ahavas Yisroel, the commandment to love your fellow Jew, the Rebbe says that the Torah explicitly does not sanction separating yourself from such people, except for specifically defined cases. The Rebbe refers to the definitions by the Rambam in Hilchos Tshuva, perek Gimmel, Halachos Hes (8) and Yud (10).”
“In Halacha Hes, the Rambam gives the definition of those who are known as apikorsim, whom we are justified in rejecting; not only justified, but from whom it is a mitzvah to stay away. Halacha Yud explains further who should be rejected: ‘Those who cause the multitude to sin… by tricking other people and causing them to stumble.’”
“The soldiers themselves do not carry the responsibility as the leaders do. Participating in the Disengagement caused seven soldiers to commit suicide and six hundred to be committed to psychiatric confinement. It is heartbreaking to think of the psychological damage done to these young and, in most cases, innocent boys and girls. Meanwhile, has even one member of the Knesset collapsed from the pain of what they call painful concessions?”
“In Devarim 23, verses four and five, the Torah tells us, ‘An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the congregation of HaShem, even their tenth generation shall not enter the congregation of HaShem, until eternity.’ Rashi explains, ‘Because of the advice that they advised you to cause you to sin.’ Even nations that tried to kill us were not given such an extreme status. But causing the multitude to sin – this is unforgivable.”
Example of “Psychological Damage” Done by Expulsion??
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Pilot who peeped into women’s showers says he did it to alleviate pullout pains.