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Jun. 3rd, 2005 08:09 amFrom Bondage to Freedom
by Moshe Feiglin
Nissan 5765 (April 05)
"How will you behave towards secular Jews after you come to power?", a secular Jew asked me. "Who are your rabbis?", a religious Jew asked me.
I suddenly realized that both of them are suffering from the same illness -- they regard leadership as a kind of paternalism, that spreads its wings over its subjects, supplies their needs, thinks for them, decides for them. "How will you behave towards me?", asks the secular Jew anxiously. Obviously his fate lies in the hands of the leader, and he has never assumed personal responsibility. He has no freedom of choice.
"Who are your rabbis?", asks the religious Jew, since obviously he has no personal responsibility. Obviously, if his Rabbi tells him to obey the expulsion order, he must do so. Why should I think otherwise, I believe in G-d and therefore I have to ignore the fact that He gave me something more than animals have, the right to distinguish between good and evil. I must forget the divine spark in me in the name of religion and delegate this right of choice to the rabbis.
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by Moshe Feiglin
Nissan 5765 (April 05)
"How will you behave towards secular Jews after you come to power?", a secular Jew asked me. "Who are your rabbis?", a religious Jew asked me.
I suddenly realized that both of them are suffering from the same illness -- they regard leadership as a kind of paternalism, that spreads its wings over its subjects, supplies their needs, thinks for them, decides for them. "How will you behave towards me?", asks the secular Jew anxiously. Obviously his fate lies in the hands of the leader, and he has never assumed personal responsibility. He has no freedom of choice.
"Who are your rabbis?", asks the religious Jew, since obviously he has no personal responsibility. Obviously, if his Rabbi tells him to obey the expulsion order, he must do so. Why should I think otherwise, I believe in G-d and therefore I have to ignore the fact that He gave me something more than animals have, the right to distinguish between good and evil. I must forget the divine spark in me in the name of religion and delegate this right of choice to the rabbis.
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