To follow up on the previous post re the TYH nation movement (which just marked it's third birthday, incidentally), I have seen another thing from them that seems seriously problematic. Here is a version of it at their website.
It proclaims in large, bold letters, "I AM LIMITLESS". Underneath, more quietly, it says Thank You Hashem.
I saw a sticker of it a while ago as well.
Is it just me, or do other people also see a glaring problem with saying "I am limitless"? I realize that they presumably mean it in another way, not absolutely and literally, but still, the language is problematic, לענ"ד.
Who is minding the store at TYH Nation? Which (if any) Rav is giving overseeing and giving a hechsher (kosher seal of approval) on their products?
I do give them credit for many other fine, inspiring things that they have shared, and their good intentions, but nevertheless, if something is out of line, it needs to be called out.
May Hashem help us stick to the straight path, וטהר לבנו לעבדך באמת.
Rabbi Zakutinsky seems to be showing up everywhere. I don't know anything about him except that Yochanan Gordon constantly promotes him.
ReplyDeleteHe is a rising star in neo-Chasidus. He learns in the kollel of Rabbi Moshe Weinberger in Woodmere, in addition to leading his Lawrence congregation.
ReplyDeleteChalk this up to ignorance rather than heresy, but could you clarify the issue(s) you have with THY?
ReplyDeleteI think it is explained in the posts, but bekitzur, the idea expressed in the TYH words (Thank You Hashem) is good, even great, but as it developed beyond that into (as was expressed in a video by one of the people involved) a surreptitious attempt at spreading "Chasidus", coming from the 5T Neo-Chasidic hotbed, we cannot go along with that. Additionally, multiple specific examples of them disseminating questionable things under the #TYH banner were pointed out. Due to the above, there is a cloud of suspicion over the entire enterprise.
DeleteI'd like to offer a different perspective on the subject. Right after the pandemic began someone put out a scathing critique arguing that Hashem was telling us that He had enough of extravagant lifestyles and He was putting a stop to it. This prompted a response which posited that all Orthodox Jews are basically perfect. I attend an excellent Shul but when this debate was presented, everyone sided with the optimistic viewpoint. The point is that frum Jews want to believe that everything is great and that's what Chabad and TYH tap into and so it's very difficult to counter their offer of Tracht Git Vet Zein Git.
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