Re: because of mixed dancing

[MaxwellSt <MaxwellSt...>]

In a message dated 6/6/2001 12:42:56 PM Central Daylight Time, 
SCHWARTZESQ (at) worldnet(dot)att(dot)net writes:


> No one has really sought to give the poor rabbi the benefit of the doubt.
> Why not take his statements for what they are, namely the utterances of one
> who was there and who, in his own way given his limited capacities as a
> human being in shock, is trying to make sense out of a tragedy that defies
> human understanding?  In other words, give this man a break.
> 

Excuse me, but in Judaism we understand that words can create (as in Genesis) 
or destroy.  They are weapons or constructive tools, and if a person does not 
have the capacity to use them wisely he should be admonished.  The rabbi's 
words were an affront to the dead and, since he said them publically, a 
shandeh.  I am sorry that I posted my private comment publically and Ari, I 
ask your forgiveness for continuing to do so, but I could not leave this 
comment unanswered.
Let's all be forgiving, yes, but I have not heard that the man has asked 
anyone's forgiveness.  You can't be forgiving when someone persists in 
believing that he has done no one an injustice and does not regret the injury 
he has caused with with his callousness.
Lori