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What an interesting comment from R’ Lopatin ” “Let’s be confident about Torah and the blessed traditions we have, and not be afraid it’s going to be defiled” by too much involvement with the secular world.”
I have no fear of the Torah being defiled but there is no doubt in my mind that those of us who live a holistic Torah life must always be careful that we are sure that all our actions and decisions are made through the lens of eternal Torah values. I sometimes wonder if the slippery slope is a good metaphor, it seems more like to some it is a level playing field where anywhere I choose to be is valid as long as there was one opinion somewhere in halachic history that could be understood as permitting it. Seems like textualists (in contradistinction to mimeticists) are being hoisted on their own petard.