Borough Park, NY – A packed, eclectic audience from all parts of New York was on hand last night for a symposium for the charedi public to discuss the obligation to obey US laws, following the arrests that have unnerved all of US Jewry
HaRav Avrohom Shorr, who discussed what the media is saying about the charedi sector. On the day of Churbon Beis Hamikdosh there was a chilul Hashem and HaKadosh Baruch Hu sent us to live among the nations in order to sanctify the Name of Heaven. Every time there is an instance of chilul Hashem, its a continuation of Churbon Beis Hamikdosh, he said.
HaRav Shorr went on to discuss the importance of teaching children about chilul Hashem and refuted the common perception that these types of things happen because Jews feel as if theyre living in a ghetto and the police is monitoring them. Its just the opposite. It stems from the fact were too strong here in America and weve gotten comfortable here.