Hello.



My name is Golan and in the past I was completely secular. At a certain point in my life I returned to religion, along with my wife, and we became Charedi, and remained so for several years.

Over the course of time, while we were Charedi, I began to have doubts about the rabbis according to whom we live and make not-so-simple decisions about life.

I was particularly close to Breslov Chassidism, and when I was learning one of Rabbi Schechter’s books I discovered that he goes out of his mind over the miraculous note (which was sent to Rabbi Yisroel Dov Odesser) to the extent that he calls him, in one of his books, mentally ill, crazy, etc.

I’m telling you this because this is when my way back began, because:

1. People who are considered completely righteous fight each other like they were street thugs.

2. I asked my rabbi and showed him what was written, and he told me to ignore it (but how?).

3. The way rabbis treat people with money. For example, if you want to meet with a rabbi, it depends on whether or not you are rich. If you are, it is not appropriate to make you wait………



There are no end to the arguments, as you at Daat Emet know very well.



But I also have a number of questions for you.

1. Christians admit that they grew out of Judaism. Jesus=Yehoshua. The New Testament is based on the Scriptures, they quote Psalms at conferences, etc.

2. Muslims admit that we, the Jews, are the chosen nation and that Moses was a true prophet.

3. Most of the world admits that we are the chosen nation, or at least that we used to be.

4. Though in our writings and in the words of our rabbis there is a lack of knowledge or exaggerations, there are also amazing things which cannot be hidden, like the words of the Zohar which state that the world is round like a ball, with some living on top and some living on bottom, etc.



You simply deny all the Scriptures, across the board, saying it’s all “junk,” but I would tend to believe you if you also included supportive words in your rejection of Torah.

There are famous scientists who prove that the Torah could not have been written by Man, and many other such instances……..

My question is: why don’t you publish two views, like when you write about Chazal’s knowledge that the world is a semi-circle (the Zohar knew that the earth is round before Chazal did).

There is research which supports the veracity of the Torah and there are those which reject it, but you should give people (to be true) the whole picture, for and against, and let them choose.

You follow the same method as outreach professionals, only you’re returning people to a lack of religion.



Thanks,



Golan Abutbol