To Shimon Katz
You’re a popular person. The last three posts all directed their comments to you. So the ball is now in your hands. Will you accept what Yankel berel and I said or will you follow the primordial snake who goes by Yaakov Yosef A? As you see, YB and I are in lockstep and there are several other posters who also agree with us on all these points. What about YYA? He comes to warn you about how evil I am. You’ve read my posts. Do I sound like a “raging bull”? Of course not. As I’ve stated on numerous occasions, I’ve been a dentist for forty years (still practicing) and I write a weekly Dvar Torah over the internet which has many fans including a number of great Rabbonim. It’s ludicrous to suggest that I’m dangerous. But YYA is a Chabad shill and he’s deathly afraid that people like you will come around to our side. Several months ago the question about Chabad’s dubious belief system came up in a different thread. YYA claimed that he could answer all the challenges against Chabad but he chose not to because it would lead to Bizui Talmidei Chachomim. In this thread he again said that he can answer the challenges but he doesn’t want to get into a discussion with a crazy hater like me. I declared in a post that I would stay out of the discussion if he’d answer the questions, but he ignored my offer. When I call YYA a liar it’s on merit. When he calls me a deranged hater, he’s just hoping to fool people like you. Now let me add two points. Recognizing that the Chabad belief system is flawed doesn’t mean that one has to reject Chabad. I attend a Chabad shul six days a week(Shabbos and Yom Tov are the exceptions). I get along beautifully with the Chabad Rabbis I know with one exception. Second, you challenged my contention that Manis Friedman said that Mitzvahs are optional because Chabad has Mitzvah campaigns. I didn’t say that Chabad rejects the term Mitzvah, rather Manis doesn’t accept that a Mitzvah, is a commandment of Hashem. He holds, instead, that the Mitzvahs are good deeds and so they’re optional. Rabbi Efren Goldberg from Boca interviewed Manis and challenged him, but he doubled down and repeated that Mitzvohs are optional. Again, as opposed to YYA, YB and I offer facts and sources that are easy to find. Now it’s up to you to determine if you want to follow the truth or that snake in the grass.