Several people have asked my opinion of the Call of the Shofar program ("COTS"), and given its popularity (or notoriety) in the Chabad community, this site seemed an appropriate place to write an analysis.
Important disclaimer: I've never been to one of their courses, nor communicated directly with someone who did. The research I've done includes reading several different perspectives that I found about them online, watching the interview with the founder, and reading some of Rabbi Shea Hecht's comments and related material.
Lots of strong things have been said about COTS - in particular the use of the term "cult". The bad news is: we are also a cult.
Showing posts with label farbrengen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farbrengen. Show all posts
Thursday, 2 January 2014
Monday, 23 July 2012
The Aspirational Chossid
The genesis for this blog was at dinner with some friends. We looked around the restaurant and observed groups of young people in the community, and the discussion moved to what Chabad means to these people and how they express (or don't express) their Chabad identity.
This led to a story about a wonderful farbrengen, which was told to my friend first hand by Reb Mendel Futerfas OBM.
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