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Friday, November 17, 2006

YOU"RE NOT QUALIFIED


[Thank you "anonymous" for today's post. To all readers - please comment on any topic, your comment might be tomorrow's post - KollelVeib]

Just because in your opinion a gadol doesn't meet up to the standards of Rav Moshe does not mean that he is not a gadol. Rav Moshe was the gadol hador, but that does not mean that there weren't other gedolim! So comparing one gadol with the next is only foolish because most of us wouldn't be able to determine who is greater in torah knowledge.

For example, if I were to ask you to determine the greatness of two mathematicians you would be unqualified because of your lack of math knowledge. The same applies to torah, the average person is unqualified to determine the greatness of talmedei chachamim because of lack of knowledge.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

NO GEDOLIM LEFT?

[Thank you "emesdiker" for today's post. To all readers - please comment on any topic, your comment might be tomorrow's post - KollelVeib]

We don't really have too many Gedolim left. They call Roshei yeshivos - HaGaon, Hatzadik, HaThis, HaThat, and most of them are just another kind of politician.Yeah, they know how to learn Torah, but, I had enough personal experience from quite a few of the "top" "Gaonim" and they are as human as everyone else, are mekabel loshon Horah even if it's sheker, and say baseless motzei shem rah about others.