Yeah, but their daas Torah, namely the Lubavitcher Rebbe said that it should be done in the street. So quoting Gedolim who say otherwise isn't going to change their minds about this subject.
But what about those Jews who otherwise would not light, or know when to light the menorah. Isn't there some significance in the name of outreach to bring those in need closer to torah and mitzvos. So although for us frum yidden Chanukah is but a minor yom tov, for those not in the know, it is a major, public time of year because of Xmas. So, why not shed light for those jews still in the dark, so that it may hasten to coming of Mosiach, Beim Hayra B'yamainu.
Yeah, but their daas Torah, namely the Lubavitcher Rebbe said that it should be done in the street.
I guess I can't really argue with that except to say that I don't understand it. We light inside because of sakana and yet we insist on menorahs in the airport? Do Lubavitchers light outside their homes?
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You bring up a good point but should anything go in the name of kiruv? I can think of less in your face means of outreach.
this in a non threatening manner to the secular jew, and even if it brings one jew back to observance isn't it worth it! At home We light in front of an open window or a doorway, for all to see, isn't that the point to lighten the world!
>Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky reportedly was not pleased with people wearing their taleisim in the streets of NY.
R. Samson Rafael Hirsch used to cajole his choshuve baal ha-batim (which in 19th century German standards meant men of position) to carry their lulav and esrog to shul be-davka, to make a show of pride.
The point? There are different perspectives on this sort of issue.
anonyn 11:28
Amen, litvuks think different than chasidim, all across the board.
live and let live, and while doing so bring light onto the world!
And why would wearing a black hat and all the rest of the "garb" have a different affect than wearing a Tallis?
Seemingly there would be less of an issue with the Tallis, a mitzvah, than a distinctive dress code, merely customery.
The whole direction of Chabad toward the end..has been one of "unfeifen"..not to care about the world..all playing in to his dramatic end game which unfortunately ended as it did. One who reads the Rebbes sichos can clearly see this man thought he was moshiach and this was the end..and so his hashkafos were moving in that direction.
Any student of history will tell you how disasterous such delusions can turn out to be.
WHat does it mean in al haneesim when it says v'hediliku neiros beCHATZROS kadshecha?
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