In an interview ahead of the event, Rabbi Shea Hecht, author of Confessions of a Jewish Cultbuster, likened MicDrop to Call of the Shofar – a controversial “therapy” program that was branded a cult. Later, in response to a question on his own website, Rabbi Braun noted his own concerns and recommended against attending the event as well. R’ Hecht has now doubled down on his claims saying, “not only is it another Call of the Shofar, it is ten times worse.”Ī new phenomenon called “MicDrop” has been gaining interest in Chabad community’s and ahead of a recent event which took place in New York City and geared towards members of the Crown Heights community, prompted local Rabbonim to speak out against it.įrom the issues of women speaking about sensitive topics in front of a mixed crowd, to concerns over Loshon Hara being related about third parties, prompting Rabbis Osdoba and Segal to issue a letter prohibiting the attendance at the event. On the heels of a recent controversy involving a Rabbinic prohibition on attending an event titled “MicDrop,” in a recorded interview Rabbi Shea Hecht likened the phenomenon to the Call of the Shofar, a cult-like therapy program. R’ Hecht: MicDrop 10 Times Worse than Call of the Shofar
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