tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post3528119025239001334..comments2023-11-02T12:16:19.495+02:00Comments on The Jewish Worker: Entitled to tzedaka?blukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-35111547181405627062011-09-19T23:24:46.959+03:002011-09-19T23:24:46.959+03:00I agree with you that the attitude of entitlement ...I agree with you that the attitude of entitlement is a terrible, corrupting influence nowadays. However, I think you are reading it into the Reb Shlomo story in error.<br /><br />If Reb Shlomo had felt entitled, he would have knocked on Reb Nosson's door. Instead he "waited to see what would happen."<br /><br />You suggest he was waiting with the expectation of an envelope from Reb Nosson - I think he was waiting because he was going to take tzedaka for tefillin no matter what, it was just a matter of whose tzedaka.<br /><br />You say Reb Shlomo was "worried" whether Reb Nosson stricken with illness would remember him - no, he "wondered." This story is about Reb Nosson, and how he always remembered the other people.<br /><br />Your issue (and mine) is with those other people - why don't they live up to their own responsibilities? But don't make Reb Shlomo out to be worse than that! He clearly admired and appreciated Reb Nosson.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511172450018829475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-47551852086586851402011-09-19T01:11:15.918+03:002011-09-19T01:11:15.918+03:00I linked.I linked.Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.com