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I thought the Eruv Rav were Egyptian that wanted to be like Jews but weren’t. Similar to some of the Messianic Jews who really aren’t Jewish. They were blamed for causing the plagues that killed the Jews in the desert after leaving Eygpt.
I don’t understand why Yeshiva World is publicizing an organization that teaches Frum Jews HOW TO GO OFF THE DERECH. Many people are depressed but are you allowed to help them commit suicide? I think it’s still against the law and you could go to jail for it. What is the difference between taking a life and taking a soul?
If you are a Sefardi then you can even shave next week , as it’s only the week of the 9th of Av that you can’t which is the following sunday.
They can be terminated if they are found to be discriminating against anyone based on religion. Talk to either a student adviser or an attorney.
There are those who hold that a women place is in her home and therefor they shouldn’t drive. It was only in the 1920s that Bais Yakovs , the idea of Jewish female education, was born. Before that it was thought that anyone that taught their daughters Torah was a Heretic.
Similarly, in the last Mishna in Kiddushan 82A it says that a woman can’t teach yet all yeshivas have female teachers in the early grades.
Just as the Jewish people (Orthodox) couldn’t survive without female Jewish Education, so too they can’t survive without both parents working outside the house.
The question is , ” is driving a luxury or a necessity?” If you hold it’s a luxury then women shouldn’t drive but if you hold it’s a necessity then women must drive and just as a father is obligated to teach his son to swim so too must he teach his daughter to drive. Otherwise the husband will have to do all the shopping and cut into his learning time.
In an ideal society where food and clothing came down from heaven and as soon as you went to the bus stop or train station mass transit was there then perhaps woman shouldn’t drive.
While the Melamed Academy may have Judaic course suitable for the younger grades, I don’t think it can compare to a brick and mortar yeshiva.. It relies on the parent supervising the child’s time to insure he performs the work Staring at a computer screen for 8 hours a day may result in vision problem. They will also be lacking in social skills. It is doubtful he will be able to learn in a Bais Medrash or College or even be gainfully employed.
If you are looking for a cheap alternative to the high cost of yeshiva education, go to Rochester. They claim they can give all your children a world class yeshiva education for $1,000.00 a year. That is assuming you move there. Maybe you can find a job there or commute it only 4 hours from Monsey. Houses are cheap there. It’s worth looking into.
Not if you are $300,000 in debt. As CTLawyer said if you are Frum you are not going to get hired by White Shoe Firms who want to bill the maximum. Frum people have to take off Shabbos, Yom Tov and for davening. If you don’t get picked up by a firm paying big bucks and work for the government you will be retiring by the time you finish paying off your student loans.
Not if you are $300,000 in debt. As CTLawyer said if you are Frum you are not going to get hired by White Shoe Firms who want to bill the maximum. Frum people have to take off Shabbos, Yom Tov and for davening. If you don’t get picked up by a firm paying big bucks and work for the government you will be retiring by the time you finish paying off your student loans.
I don’t understand what the lady did. She wore a long blond wig and platform shoes. What was her great sin that you have to publicly rebuke her? Are you the fashion Police? Be advised that you may lose all credits you earned for Mitzvas you performed to this women if you shamed her for nothing.
You can probably get home schooling via the internet but you would have to get it approved by your local board of education but it would be free. I paid $20 6 years ago for a tutor and that was at the yeshiva. It’s got to be $40-50 if the tutor has to go to your house. I don’t see what you gain. At 2 hours of Jewish studies a day that’s $500.00 a week more than $2,000.00 a month. In regular yeshiva he would get 4 hours and I doubt you will pay $1,000.00 a month. He may have trouble with his social skill as he doesn’t interact with children his own age.
The answer is when they think they can raise and support a family. My opinion is that boys should start going out at 22-25. Learn for a year or two full time, then go to college at night and graduate. This way he can support a family.
The problem is the older they get the more set in their ways and the less likely they are to get married, which is why many rabbis advise to get married as early as possible.
If you or your parent are paying then CUNY is the better choice, if your employer is paying or you are getting a full scholarship then an Ivy League is there better choice. When I went to undergrad, I had a choice between Touro and CUNY (Brooklyn College) and ended up going to Touro because with financial aid Touro was cheaper.
The problem with med school is the expenses by the time you graduate you may owe 2-3 hundred thousands dollars and it may take 20 years to pay it back.
A year or two ago there was a case in Israel with kindergarden or first grade girls and they went to court (secular). The Yeshiva was ordered to admit the sefardi girls. They appealed and lost and it was Puruim time. All the ashginazi parents wouldn’t let their children go to school. The Court then ordered the parent to send their children to school. When they refused they were found in contempt and sent to jail. Finally to government agree to build a separate ashginazi school if the parents would send their kid to school. The last 2 days all the children were in school playing together and the government had to build a new girl school for the ashganazi.
Basically, the resume describes the person, listing parents, sibling age, marital status, what they do, where they daven, where she davens. where she went to school, a description of the girl, and what she is looking for in a boy. It should also list a phone number to contact in order to arrange a date. The resume is past around to many shadchans looking for different people. She does not have to provide a picture but she should have one in digital form in case requested prior to the date so that you can email it. Divorce is common, hopefully there are no children. I am not a Shadchan I just have two daughters in the Parsha.
I haven’t been in a classroom for over 50 years except for parent teacher meetings,( I am not in the education profession) but I can still remember the time when a teacher was out of the classroom for a few minutes and one student ran outside and brought a dog and hid it under the teachers desk. When the teacher moved the chair to sit down the dog ran out. Until order was restored it was over an hour.
Maybe students changed since I went to school, but I think if given the chance the average student and similarly the average worker would goof off. Which is why most students are taught in a school environment as opposed to independent study and likewise workers are closely monitored.
I will admit in theory it could work but in real life it wouldn’t. If you think it’s a good idea speak to your school administrators see what they think not someone in the coffee room. Start out with one class see how it works and the expend to a whole grade. It may work depending on how dedicated the students are.
Reb Yidd As the student switch from sitting to standing the students are going to lose concentration. Standing wouldn’t be good enough they will want to move around and before you know it a few will be wandering the halls causing all types of mischief.
Thank you for editing that comment I really should have made it.
They do learn the halochot especially Shabbos.
PBA In order for the Meshiach to come we have to use up all of the soul created. There is a Mitzvah to be fruitful and multiply so why are you discouraging people from having children and resulting in postponing the redemption.
As far as the shidduch problem that is G-d problem. You have your responsibilities and G-d has his. Who knows what he has planned. Thirty day before a child is born it is known who they will marry.
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Mod -29 I was trying to make like musical chairs. Which child has a better learning experience the one who has a 3 hour class and then has a 15 minute break or the one who has a 5 minute break every hour? When you have a break it takes time until you get back into learning limiting the amount that can be taught. If you forced the student to stand they would not be paying attention to the teacher.
As far as having a treadmill desk combo with courtesy busing being cut and student having 2-3 miles to yeshiva each way each day and on top you want them to be on a treadmill the whole day. Maybe they should be singing How many miles must a poor talmid walk before he goes off the derech ??? The answer my friend is blowing in the wind the answer is blowing in the wind.( Moderator -29 this is a joke).I can’t wait for the first kid to go to the ACLU and claim it’s Cruel & Unusual Punishment.
You use their social security #. If they are legal they will have one. Unless they can’t work and are awaiting a hearing, in which case you ask for a cosigner who will guarantee the rent and whose credit you can check and his name is on the lease.
Lesschumrus: Could you imagine every hour on the hour all the students in the whole yeshiva get up walk around the classroom once and switch seats. I don’t think teachers will be able to control the class nor the students learn this way. The only way this will happen is if Yeshiva mandates it and I think it’s just a waste of time.
The Siyum Hashas for the Daf Yomi has grown by leaps and bounds. The last one in 2012 for the NY metropolis area had over 93,000 in the Metlife Stadium. Many MO attended which may push MO closer to Yeshivish.
As far as people going OTD Abraham had a son Ishmael who he kicked out and went off the derech. Issac had Esav who wanted to kill Jacob his brother who also went OTD. Even great people had sons that went OTD through no fault of their own.
There is about 200 Jews in Turku and about 1,200 in Helsinki and while they are Orthodox, I am not sure how observant they are. I tend to doubt they have a yeshiva there. You know you can Google to find out this information.
Does this mean that they are going to remove all the chairs from the Bais Medrash? About 50 years ago everyone smoked inside, then the yeshiva prohibited it so guys would go outside to smoke and waste time. I don’t think you could learn for hours on end standing.
How about creating “Golems” creating a man via the book of creation. There is a “Chacham Zvi” where he explains whether they are counted towards a minyan, which is brought down in the Mishna Bruriah. He will obey her every command meaning less divorces.
Goq: While they may think they are hurting their parents, teachers, friends or others, the OTD are only hurting themselves. While they think they are the center of attention, the friends and family ignore them resulting in suicide and other antisocial behavior. I am not a social worker but I think early intervention might solve these problems at a lower cost to society.
Sparkly: While legally once you are born a Jew you are always a Jew. People who act like they are a ” Goy” are called a goy. What I mean by taking learning seriously is that more and more MO are learning the Daf Yomi. The only MO I deal with are those who come to the Mincha Minyan, which is why I think they are taking learning and davening more seriously, so this may not be indicative of MO as a whole.
I think some of you may have misunderstood what I meant. I am not saying that MO will adapt the Hasidic garb. What I am seeing is MO are starting to take learning and davening more seriously.
As far as OTD meaning someone going to Reform Conservative or Reconstruction, I don’t know anyone that did that. I do know back 40 years ago Orthodox Rabbi were taking position in Conservative synagogues.
While the O in OTD stands for off, in my opinion the OTD is rebelling against society due to a grievance and is taking it out against g-d. They are putting their parents in a position of choosing between keeping them at home and having their other children go OTD or asking the child to leave. Blaming society for his action I think is wrong. If he can’t get along with his parents or sibling he could live with a relative. But no Orthodox Jew wants a goy living in their house. After they are kicked out they stay with friends or sleeping in shuls that have combination locks. I know this because I open up, i tell them I got no problem with the arrangement but when people come to daven they have to look like they come to daven. somebody broke into the charity box and they were banished.
OTD doesn’t believe in g-d and throws of the whole religion.
MO, Yeshivish & Chassidic are all regular frum yidden they just have different outlooks. With the merger of the OU and agudah I think MO is coming back to be similiar to Yeshivish & Chassidish.
Someone who eats non kosher food can’t be relied upon to certify that food is kosher. However if the person said the assailant wore a green coat he should be believed to catch the culprit.(note not in Jewish court)
Who says you need to have so many earners. Perhaps oil revenue will be enough to pay everyone as it is in many Arab countries.
Avi K : In today’s day & age it’s very easy to be a frum Jew, there are all types of programs to help you. R’ Moshe was talking about 1950-1970 when there wasn’t the social services that we have today and it wasn’t easy to get job and be shomer shabbos. R’ Yaakov may have known something about the person in question but just to slander everyone that had a child go OTD and say he is a thief or cheat, I think is not right. There are people not in business, in chinuch or learning whose children went OTD. Are you claiming they too are cheaters? I think that the child who comes from a learned family, was under a lot of pressure to succeed in learning (more then his friends) and he rebels. Every action has a reaction resulting in him going completely OTD.
Sparkly – While there are going to be teachers who rub their students the wrong way, there are usually underlying factors that cause them to go off the derech. You can’t blame it total on the teachers, the home and outside environment play a major part in it. Back 50 years ago there were a few Rabbis such as R’ Avigdor Miller who would answer any questions no matter how anti religious it was. His book Rejoice O Youth should be required reading as it answers many of the questions that people going off the derech ask.
Avi K: You do realize that by wondering how many Kosher Eidim are left, you re saying that the majority of witnesses are not kosher. Jewish Weddings would be invalid due to non kosher Eidim as only Kosher Eidim make the wedding valid. The only explanation is that he repents prior to or at least as he is going up to be a witness.
Lesschumras: Fifty years ago most of the Rebbiam survived the war and couldn’t understand American kids. Many students acted frum just to graduate high school. Once they got into college they were free and drifted away from Judaism.
Now a days teachers take more of an interest in their students and can spot student that are starting to go off the derech. The teachers try to get them back on track before they go off the derech. Even the Hasidic schools have these type of programs this reduces the percentage that actually go off the derech.
Perfume is prohibited for men to use all year as it is considered a women’s “garment”. Deodorant and tooth brushing maybe permitted because Kovod Ha Breas even on a fast day. It all depends how often one bathes and brushes their teeth.
Flatbush is possible if you can find roommates near the B,D or F lines. The advantage of Crown Heights is a Chabad Rabbi in your town maybe able to help you as most Jews in Crown Heights are Lubavitch. He can ask around for you. You need to find someone who knows the female roommate scene. And in Flatbush it’s a mixture of various different types, so people don’t know what going on blocks away unless it makes the news.
How can you stay hydrated during a fast? My advise is try to stay in an air conditioned environment.
I assume that you will be working in Manhattan and you will need to be near the subway. This leaves with the following choices Williamsburg, Crown Heights or Boro Park. Williamsburg while closer to Manhattan it is mainly Satmar Hasidim. Even they are moving out because there aren’t enough apartment for them. Crown Height is mainly Chabad so if there is a Chabad House near you, you can reach out to the rabbi or his wife and they can ask around. You need to network. Which means calling a friend asking and if they don’t know ask them if they know some who does know eventually you will find someone who does know someone looking for a roommate but it takes work.
You need to know which neighborhood you want to live in, how is parking, mass transit and shopping. What type of shuls. Basically will you fit in. Try to get invitation to go there for shabbos so that you can get a feel for it make friends and network from there.
I don’t think there is a great demand for it but if you can process it cheaply enough, it maybe worth it. If you plan on marketing to the frum community it’s going to have to be certified kosher. If you plan to sell it you are going to need liability insurance which is very expensive.
Also tricking the mind that something sour is sweet may have other side affects such as thinking liberals are conservatives.
If this is a vitamin supplement it probably would require a kosher certification. (Are you using it for dieting) If your doctor proscribes it as medically necessary and it will impact you health then it would be permitted. For example, when taking chemo therapy food taste metallic this will sweeten it without adding sugar.
This product has not been approved by the FDA in the USA. Basically what it does is make sour things such as lemon taste sweet.
I don’t understand why you consider Pence to be dangerous. Has he advocated cutting funding for cancer research? He is entitled to his opinion. Does the VP have any power? Only if something happens to the president. If Biden can be VP than anyone can.
In any case people will vote for Trump or Clinton, for who they are not for who their VP is.
I heard there are kosher phones are there kosher tablets? Is miracle fruit a color or an operating system ?
If the Mashgiach leaves (gives up on) a person having an I-phone then shouldn’t he would be going down in yiddishkeit not up. Also the Mashgiach wouldn’t want him on the internet so it would be all smart phones not just Apple I-phones.
While in some out of town communities the religious and non religious Jews have banded together to support each other, in NYC it is not being done. While some yeshivas may have a guest of honor who is not religious in order to get addition donations they can not compete with secular non profits for the bulk of the non religious donations.
A community supported yeshivas are the only way to go as having a yeshiva will maintain the neighborhood. The problem is non parents wouldn’t want to contribute. Showing them that if the yeshiva closed the parents would move in order to send their children to yeshiva resulting in fewer people in shul which will encourage more people to move out reducing the value of their homes and eventually closing the shul.
Bachur one board member can not take down the erev. What probably happened was that he convinced a majority of the board to take it down. You need to know what percentage of the development wants the erev. If you can get at least 10% of the development to agree with you have a good chance of winning the boards approval. This can be done by having residents sign a petition asking for the erev. You can get non Jews to sign by convincing them that an erev will increase their homes resale value at a minimum cost. Likewise you can run for a position on the board and then advocate from within.
While different laws apply to a development. The Board is elected by the members of the development, if you can organize a voting block electing your slate to the board you may get your way . Likewise if you look into ” How the Development spent Common Charge Fees” you may have more leverage. If the board doesn’t provide you with adequate documentation you can report them to the Attorney General of the state in which they are located.
Kapusta Dorm councilors usually are up for part of the night and have to deal with both clients and management. This would also apply to jobs such as Res Hab. Management doesn’t want employees living on premises as they will be sleeping the job so I don’t think it is realy an option . But she can always ask.
Is anyone calling for Truck Control as they call for Gun Control after similar tragedies? Denying Muslims the right to drive will greatly reduce the chances of this happening again.
PBA A kezays is the compressed volume of bread/challah not the volume of flour. So for example, if you took 4 oz. of wheat flour and mixed in 3 oz. of almond flour the wheat flour nullifies it and you would go after the major ingredient. Then add 3 oz. of coconut flour and 3 oz of potato starch. The majority nullifies the minority once again.I am neither a baker nor a rabbi so please contact both before use as to taste or Brocah.
I assume you put almond or coconut flour or potato starch and mix it with a little wheat flour. But I don’t see how you can make a Motzei on it.(That’s for challah).