Haredi web surfers to learn Mishna in Ramon's memory
Rabbi Dov Povarsky: Initiative shows that the Haredi public identifies with and is pained by the death of Asaf Ramon.
By Yair Ettinger Tags: Orthodox Jews Israel newsAn ultra-Orthodox Web site dedicated to studying Mishna in memory of Israel Air Force pilot Capt. Asaf Ramon was set up on Sunday.
The "Behadrei Haredim" Web portal devoted its headline to the initiative, which represents a small breach in the official Haredi policy of distance from Israeli national tragedies in general and in the army in particular. People who respond to the memorial effort will commit to study all six books of the Mishna, as is customary in times of mourning.
The manager of Behadrei Haredim, Rabbi Dov Povarsky, said the strong response to the initiative shows that "the Haredi public, really all of it, identifies with and is pained by the death of Asaf Ramon. As opposed to the rabbis, who carefully weigh how such a move would be interpreted, we don't make such calculations. We are Internet journalism that grows from the bottom up and expresses the public's true feelings."
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Israeli secularists have their loony Left and Haredim have their loony Right [Naturei Karta]. It's good to focus on something that the great majority of Israelis share -- grief at the suffering of this wonderful family who have brought Israel so much positive coverage in the media. Now they are both united with their Father. May they be comforted among those who mourn for Zion and [ the Beth HaMikdosh in] Jerusalem.
Haaretz printing an article that puts normal Haredim in a very positive light! Moshiach must have arrived!
This article, like most of your articles regarding Haredim, is misinformed. As a daily reader of the Hebrew edition of Yated Ne'eman, which is the most "official," Rabbi-approved newspaper in the Israeli Ashkenazi Haredi community, I know that the Haredi press and public in general highly identifies with national trategies. In this case in particular, this trategy was the subject of the lead article in Yated yesterday, with a headline in red letters, and a photograph of the rescue operation.
Kol Torah She'Ein Imoh Molochoh Sofo Beteiloh Vegorreret Avon.