DEMOCRACY WITHOUT VALUES Flashcards
WHY DOES ‘LIBERTY AND EQUALITY’ POSE A PROBLEM?
THEY CAN LEAD TO BREAKING DOWN ALL BOUNDARIES OF PEOPLE AND CAN AMKE FOR BAD AND DARK INSTINCTS.
RABBI ELIEZER YEHUDA WALDINBERG WRITES ON ‘LIBERTY AND EQUALITY’:
THE ABSOLUTE RULE OF TORAH THAT SAYS: A DEMOCRACY {RULNG] THAT DOESNT FOLLOW THE TORAHS WAYS WILL END UP BREAKING DOWN ALL THE BOUNDARIES OF KEDUSHA AND DETERIATE UNTIL IT REACHES A STATE OF ANARCHY {LAWLESSNESS}
AND IF YOU DONT FOLLOW THE TORAH THAN A VIISION WILL COME TO RUIN THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE WITHOUT COMPLETE LISTENING TO TORAH KNOWLEDGE THERE WILL BE A RIOT WITHIN THE PEOPLE FOR COMPLETE MORAL ABANDONMENT
WHATD OES RABBI ELEZAR MENACHEM MAN STATE ABOUT ELECTIONS?
HE STATES THAT THE ISSUE IS PEOPLE DONT VOTE FOR ‘THERE CHOOSING TO DO IT’ BUT RATHER THEY VOTE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ELECT THEMSELVES OUT OF NARROW ACCOUNTS THAT THIS TIME I WILL VOTE FOR YOU, SO THAT YOU WILL DO SOMETHING FOR ME.BUT THE REAL CHOICES ARE THOSE ACCORDING TO THE TORAH,
WHAT DOES THE CHAZON ISH WRITE ABOUT MATTERS THAT COME UP IN PUBLIC LIFE?
IN EACH GENERATION YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE CHACHAMIM, FOLLOW IN THERE WAYS AND TORAH STUDYS DAY AND NIGHT, AND WITH THAT YOUR ON THE WAY TO THE TRUTH.
WHAT DOES THE CHAZON ISH WRITE ABOUT LEADERSHIP?
2 DIFFERENT PARTS:
FIRST PART;
TEACHING RIGHT FROM WRONG
FOLLOWING AND BEING SHOMER TORAH AND MIZTVOT
SECOND PART:
TEACHING IIN NON JEWISH PLACES SECULAR STUDIES
LESVING THERE FREEDOM OF CHOICE
WHAT DOES THE CHAZON ISH WRITE ABOUT THE DECLINE OF JUDIASM IN GERMANY ?
THE PPL IN GERMANY SEPERATED BETWEEN HALACHA AND THINGS OUT OF HALACHA. BASICALLY AT THE END IF YOU DONT LISTEN TO YOUR CHACHAMIM YOU END UP LEAVING EVERYTHING.
WHAT SHOULD CHARADIM DO WHEN QUSTIONS ARISE IN PUBLIC MATTERS?
MUST BE DECIDED ONLY IN THE OPINION OF THE TORAH SCHOLARS OF EACH GENERATION.
THEY SHOULD SUBMIT LISTS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE KNESSET AND THEN THE GEDOLIM WILL DECIDE WHO IS TRHE MOST SUITABLE AND WHOM TO VOTE FOR.
