Q. Is making fun of ‘wokeness’ in the category of ‘Leitznuso D’Avodah Zoro Mitzva’, and is this meritorious behaviour to be occupied with during the Purim Se’udah, on par with or even more important than Purim Torah?
A. Wokeness is a recent title used for the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination.
Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning “alert to racial prejudice and discrimination”. Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights.
(Definitions from Oxford Languages).
In our days, when everything we say could be easily recorded and shared openly by so many, using the so commonly available phones and internet access, and many do so even without asking permission, one should avoid ridiculing anyone, as it can create a terrible Chilul Hashem.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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