Emes Ve-Emunah: Rav Feldman Retracts

Tuesday, March 03, 2020

Rav Feldman Retracts

Rav Aharon Feldman (VIN)

This is an update to a couple of earlier posts about Rav Aharon Feldman.

I am delighted to see that Rav Feldman has retracted his views on voting in the WZO elections. It appears he is indeed consistent in bowing to his Daas Torah expressed by an authority that is greater than he. Just as he did with Rabbi Slifkin. (Not that I agreed with that particular decision. But at least it shows consistancy.) In light of what he now knows is the position of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, Rav Feldman has bowed to that view and now agrees that it is acceptable for all Jews to vote for the religious slates in the WZO elections. More details at VIN.

The post originally scheduled for today (which was up for a short while) has been postponed to tomorrow. I do not want to detract form spreading this very important development.

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My outlook on Judaism is based mostly on the teachings of my primary Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik from whom I received my rabbinic ordination. It is also based on a search for spiritual truth. Among the various sources that put me on the right path, two great philosophic works stand out: “Halakhic Man” and “Lonely Man of Faith” authored by the pre-eminent Jewish philosopher and theologian, Rabbi, Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Of great significance is Rabbi, Dr. Norman Lamm's conceptualization and models of Torah U’Mada and Dr. Eliezer Berkovits who introduced me to the world of philosophic thought. Among my early influences were two pioneers of American Elementary Torah Chinuch, Rabbis Shmuel Kaufman and Yaakov Levi. The Yeshivos I attended were Yeshivas Telshe for early high school and more significantly, the Hebrew Theological College where for a period of ten years, my Rebbeim included such great Rabbinic figures as Rabbis Mordechai Rogov, Shmaryahu Meltzer, Yaakov Perlow, Herzl Kaplan, and Selig Starr. I also attended Roosevelt University where I received my Bachelor's Degree - majoring in Psychology.