Thanks, RYGB. B'li neder, I'll read RMS's review, and I look forward to your comments on it.
For those not familiar with the AishDas Society: approx. 2 years ago, some interesting TIDE-related posts (and don't forget to look at previous posts, too) were sent to Avodah. IMHO, they're worth reading (so why not read 'em now? ;-)).
>> Rabbi Mayer Schiller has written a very important essay on TIDE. For the >> most part, we are in agreement, except for two points. The essay can be >> found in PDF at: http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/faxes/TIDE.pdf
I "took home" two points:
1- I was particularly taken by the following (taken from pg 20-21): Lehavdil, there are Mennonites today who have left their own ghetto without weakening their faith. They serve mankind as peacemakers and bringers of kindness throughout the world. They may be found in the hills of the Balkans and the streets of Belfast and, yes, in the improverished hovels of Gaza City and Hebron trying to bring peace and love to all while ministering to the gashmiyus needs of those suffering. Is that not a noble image for an am Hashem? Imagine, just for a moment, if we could be performing those tasks for all, while articulating and defending traditional morality in the public square.
That, to Rav Hirsch, was how we were to respond to the fall of the ghetto walls. Derekh Eretz not only in what we take from the world at large, but what we give back to it.
2- I never before considered the implications of emracing both Austritt and RSRH's humanism. There's a border here that needs more exploring.
This is also a potential difference between TIDE and TuM. TuM's more academicly oriented "mada" leads one to ivory towers, not grass roots humanism.
-mi
-- Micha Berger Zion will be redeemed through justice, micha@aishdas.org and her returnees will come in righteousness. http://www.aishdas.org Fax: (270) 514-1507
i thoroughyl enjoyed the essay but i was slighlty taken aback at the advocation of a very left wing position (represented by oz veshalom etc.),which i feel to be drstically mistaken (wven for the purpose of advancing our humantstic mission). i also have to disagree with rabbi shchiller's refusal to differentiate between TuM and TIDE, which are indeed different (rabbi schiller's critique of the JO article on TuM is mumlatz).i think there are very real differences in the approach to torah lishma, with TuM being much closer to the nefesh hachaim than TIDE. i also think that the need for vocational yeshivos may well be rejected by the yeshiva world from a hashkafic perspective. rav deelser talks about this in cheilek daled, and says that anything which may influence the top students to be mitrashel in their studies cannot be advocated even if it will help the less able.(however see orchos rabbeinu chelek 5 for a different viewpoint.all in all though, a great article. josephfaith@hotmail.com
I agree with all that you write. A minor correction: The famous piece in Rav Dessler is in volume 3, not 4, somewhere in the early 300's (p. 323, perhaps?).
Thanks, RYGB. B'li neder, I'll read RMS's review, and I look forward to your comments on it.
ReplyDeleteFor those not familiar with the AishDas Society: approx. 2 years ago, some interesting TIDE-related posts (and don't forget to look at previous posts, too) were sent to Avodah. IMHO, they're worth reading (so why not read 'em now? ;-)).
1. His assessment of YU's compatibility with TIDE.
ReplyDelete2. The treatment of Eretz Yisrael in TIDE.
From Avodah:
ReplyDeleteYosef Gavriel & Shoshanah M. Bechhofer wrote:
>> Rabbi Mayer Schiller has written a very important essay on TIDE. For the
>> most part, we are in agreement, except for two points. The essay can be
>> found in PDF at: http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/faxes/TIDE.pdf
I "took home" two points:
1- I was particularly taken by the following (taken from pg 20-21):
Lehavdil, there are Mennonites today who have left their own ghetto
without weakening their faith. They serve mankind as peacemakers
and bringers of kindness throughout the world. They may be found in
the hills of the Balkans and the streets of Belfast and, yes, in the
improverished hovels of Gaza City and Hebron trying to bring peace
and love to all while ministering to the gashmiyus needs of those
suffering. Is that not a noble image for an am Hashem? Imagine, just
for a moment, if we could be performing those tasks for all, while
articulating and defending traditional morality in the public square.
That, to Rav Hirsch, was how we were to respond to the fall of the ghetto
walls. Derekh Eretz not only in what we take from the world at large,
but what we give back to it.
2- I never before considered the implications of emracing both Austritt
and RSRH's humanism. There's a border here that needs more exploring.
This is also a potential difference between TIDE and TuM. TuM's more
academicly oriented "mada" leads one to ivory towers, not grass roots
humanism.
-mi
-- Micha Berger Zion will be redeemed through justice, micha@aishdas.org and her returnees will come in righteousness. http://www.aishdas.org Fax: (270) 514-1507
i thoroughyl enjoyed the essay but i was slighlty taken aback at the advocation of a very left wing position (represented by oz veshalom etc.),which i feel to be drstically mistaken (wven for the purpose of advancing our humantstic mission). i also have to disagree with rabbi shchiller's refusal to differentiate between TuM and TIDE, which are indeed different (rabbi schiller's critique of the JO article on TuM is mumlatz).i think there are very real differences in the approach to torah lishma, with TuM being much closer to the nefesh hachaim than TIDE. i also think that the need for vocational yeshivos may well be rejected by the yeshiva world from a hashkafic perspective. rav deelser talks about this in cheilek daled, and says that anything which may influence the top students to be mitrashel in their studies cannot be advocated even if it will help the less able.(however see orchos rabbeinu chelek 5 for a different viewpoint.all in all though, a great article.
ReplyDeletejosephfaith@hotmail.com
I agree with all that you write. A minor correction: The famous piece in Rav Dessler is in volume 3, not 4, somewhere in the early 300's (p. 323, perhaps?).
ReplyDeleteYGB