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For the Charedi public the day independence was declared for the State of Israel is a day of mourning, and rightfully so!!!

The secular public must understand this well.

The Jewish community throughout the generations lived a religious lifestyle and was led by the rabbis.

The very existence of a Jewish state under secular governance is a revolt against the institutions of religion and G-d.

The concepts “legislature,” “Israeli Knesset,” and “High Court of Justice,” symbolize the lowered stock of Jewish orthodoxy.

So that the secular understand how the Charedi feel about Independence Day, they should think about the opposite situation. If one day the Charedi gained power and declared an independent Halachic state, how would the secular person feel? Would he accept the laws of the Halachic state? Would he accept that a woman was invalid to give testimony? That a women cannot be part of the religious legislature? Would a secular person stand and read the Hallel on the Charedi independence day?



Look at the three vows G-d made the Jews promise in their exile:

“What was the purpose of those three adjurations? One, that Israel shall not go up [all together as if surrounded] by a wall, the second, that whereby the Holy One, blessed be He, adjured Israel that they shall not rebel against the nations of the world; and the third is that whereby the Holy One, blessed be He, adjured the idolaters that they shall not oppress Israel too much” (Ketubot 111a).



See the words of Rabbi Grama in the essay How the Charedi Deal with Exile Under Democratic Regimes.

“We are forbidden to use force in rebelling against the nations; we must accept the reality of exile with humility and solemnity because the state of exile saves us from utter annihilation. In other words, all of our strength and existence is based on our being separate and humiliated. Woe to us if we are in the position of being the pursuers, for then we will have no renewal at all. If there are problems with the gentiles we must pray to G-d and give the gentiles gifts to appease them.”



There are two contradictory world views — that of the Charedi and that of the secular — and it is only natural that each side would mourn the independence and sovereignty of the other side.



For more on this issue, the Orthodox view of the State of Israel, see Aviezer Ravitzki’s book HaKetz HaMuguleh, published by Am Oved.



Sincerely,



Daat Emet