Rabbi Weissman

In April of 2021 I went with a few friends to Givat Shaul, Jerusalem to interview random people about the Amalek shots and related matters. I planned on making a shorter video with excerpts from the interviews, but never got around to it. In light of my recent confrontation with Asher Weiss, I recalled that one of the people we spoke to, an American man who seemed to be extremely educated, said the following when asked if he spoke to any rabbis about the shots (10:18):

"I didn't have to ask. If any of you know Rav Asher Weiss, he came out strongly from the beginning, 'take the vaccine,' and we followed that. That was more than enough."

Whoever this man is, I hope he's okay, along with everyone else in the video who was gung-ho about the shots. They were all friendly, misinformed guinea pigs, and they deserve better leaders.

I wonder what they think now.

Here is the uncut footage, with six man on the street interviews, plus one with me at the end.

Here's another new article about the shidduch world, with wonderful guidance from Rav Moshe Feinstein, in celebration of 20 years since I started EndTheMadness.  I plan on writing one or two more before going back into retirement; I've literally written the book on it and don't care to recycle.  The discount on my newest book "How To Not Get Married: Break these rules and you have a chance" has expired.  I'll probably offer another one sometime in the next 20 years, but you shouldn't deprive yourself by waiting. 

How do you know it's the right one?

How much should you find out about someone before agreeing to meet them? How long should you date someone before getting married? How do you know it's the right one?

These are some of the fundamental questions everyone has to grapple with. Many people choose to avoid grappling with these questions and let someone else decide for them, but my target audience is thinking people who believe the Torah expects them to take responsibility for their own lives, even while seeking guidance from those with wisdom. 

We are not talking about whether or not the chicken is kosher or treif; we are dealing with personal matters in which there is no one-size-fits-all approach. The concept of a psak, an authoritative legal ruling that must be followed by anyone or everyone, simply does not apply.

There are two main schools of thought (if we can call it thought) in the Orthodox world today when it comes to the aforementioned questions. The first, which has become known as “the Torah way” by revisionist historians with a superiority complex, is essentially as follows: This article is excellent and very long, so those who want to read it in its entirely please go to   https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=514 – There are also other good articles to read.

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