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Sveta:
What is the forum's opinion on "Modern Orthodox"? For the past year, I have been leaning towards Breslov. My ex was Haredi and my first shul experience was with Chabad.

Currently, I have been introduced to a new group of people....and they are MO. I have been attending events and there is mixed seating, mixed singing. Things I had not experienced before and said I would not do.

Now, I feel confused. More so, I feel like I am leaning towards being a more liberal person.

I don't mean any disrespect to anyone on the forum who considers themselves modern orthodox. I have no problem with it, it's just that I had not personally experienced it myself. And I feel kind of out of place but I don't want to act like an "ultra" extremist in front of my new MO friends. And I feel like I am loosing the Breslov interest I had before.

Anyways, I heard some people say things like "MO is a heresy". But what do people in the forum feel about it?

Part of the reason why I stopped posting on the forum is because I wanted to lean towards a stricter type of life and now, I find myself hanging out with MO people.

In short, what is the forum's opinion on MO communities?

muman613:
Shalom IsraeliHeart,

Recently a Modern Orthodox Rabbi published a heresy which the MO establishment did not reject. He suggested that our Torah was not given to us by Hashem, rather it was written by a group of men over a period of many hundred of years. The suggestion riled many people, myself included. It is an obvious heresy to believe that, as one of the 13 principles of Rambam is that Torah is from Hashem given to Moshe at Sinai.

Otherwise I do listen to some MO rabbis.... I do not think that it is best for us though...

muman613:
How does one lose interest in Breslov? There is always something new to learn. Virtually all Jews find something valuable from the teachings of Rabbi Nachman.

Sveta:
I may have worded it wrong. I am not loosing interest in the teachings of Rebbe Nachman at all. I am sorry I said it wrong. But I meant fearing loosing interest in the strict lifestyle when the only people I am meeting are more liberal. So, I meant how can I keep up with a more observant lifestyle if others around me are doing things differently.

Sveta:
Ok, here is the scenario. I went to shul for Shabbat. And after it was over, we all sat down and ate in the same table, men and women. And women singing louder than men. In the same table.
 I, however, was not singing and was the odd one out for not participating. In a Shabbat dinner, the same thing happened and the host asked that we ALL participate.

Maybe it's silly of me or I have been missing something, but is this normal? I mean, it's ok to do this?

Also, I have been looking for a Breslov community in LA but have been unable to find one at all. It's VERY discouraging. What is there for me if there is no one around? I don't know how I could be Breslov if I don't meet other Breslov women and live in a MO community. I'm just confused.

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