Avi : what are you referring too? I am saying that Dovid DID have a private army. We are saying the same.

Mentsch1: Do you really believe the rishonnim would argue against tanaaim (this is an explicit Mishna is Sotah)? Also, I never said mixed. I said they can be in the army.

mdd1: Actually, I believe that is incorrect. According to the Rambam (perek 5), he needs to ask permission from the Sanhedrin if he takes the “people” to a discretionary war. But I do not believe this applies to his own army. He can wage war using his army without permission of the Sanhedrin. In addition, even the rambam agrees that fighting for the survival of Israel and Jews would fall under a Milchemes Mitzvah which does not require the Sanhedrin’s approval .

Regardless of the halacha, in hindsight, if our kings actually listened to the Sanhedrin we would not be in today’s galus and our history wouldn’t have been so bloody.

MDD1: Actually, Avner was punished for his passiveness in allowing them to be killed. Please see Sanhedrin 20.
Even though there were conscious objectors, the army DID kill out the city on the command of a mercenary, Doeg. So my premise stands. 1) The Jewish army did contain mercenaries. 2) The King controlled the army, not the Sanhedrin. 3) the army did what the king commanded, not to upkeep the Torah. If The king decides to enforce the Torah, the army would comply as we see by Yehoshya. The Army was also used to kill innocent people like Saul, Menashe, Yannai, Alexander, and the rest of the dozens of Jewish Kings that used to army to kill innocent people.

Lilmod: Based on your standards, I would rather have a “non frum Army” who is worried about being court marshaled than a frum one. Don’t we have the parsha of Isha Yefas Tohar? This gives a blanket waiver to any soldier to capture, rape, and even marry a non jewish woman captured in battle.
Imagine the outcry from the frum communities if the Israeli army did that in 1967 to the Arab women?

The point of a Jewish Army is to protect the land of Israel, not the Torah. The rabbanim and sanhedrin are the Jewish army for protecting the Torah. No where in our history was the Jewish army ever required to follow the rabbonim. In addition, throughout our history, a large part of our army were mercenaries starting back from Dovid (maybe even Shaul) and on.

An Israeli army would have every male eligible drafted in the army. In your downtime, open a gemara and learn. Not even in today’s Israeli army do they stop someone from learning on their downtime.
Yes, they will need to work on Shabbos.

When moshiach comes, they can put down their guns and go back to learn, which I doubt as the gemara in Shabbos discussed if the soldiers would be allowed to carry a sword on shabbos once moshiach is here. So it seems that even then we would need an army.

stupid question. Get a life

No issue going and no issue using a towel as it is derech lichluch. See gemara shabbos 147B

simple…if you are not gonna listen to your rav anyways and listen to us, don’t wear a hat period. Avoid the whole issue.

First off, the federal government has no rights to what transpires in the bedroom. This should be a state issue. The same way one state can ban guns while others allow it.

2nd….based on the logic that equality includes all, incest and polygamy should also be permitted based on the notion as adults we are free to love whomever our hearts desires. The only rationale was based on religious law that forbids these marriages so now that this no longer applies, the other types of marriages should be allowed. Especially if I want to marry my dog Bernard as we are so close and love each other.

All i know was the wings were great and the salsa was awesome!

@Chochom-ibber

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A person needs to do hishtadlus.

@FFBBT613- Do what you like, but it is selfish of you to expect someone else to support you. Either support yourself or you need to accept your lifestyle. As you stated, this is not a question of your parents accepting a kollel lifestyle; since it seems they do. They won’t support nor it is their responsibility to support you. If you feel you are old enough to get married and raise a family, you should also be old enough to support yourself.

The decision is ultimately yours, no one else. As people explained, it is hard. Be ready to accept not getting new clothing, limited amount of choices of food and not always paying your bills. As people explained, it is doable, but don’t make the decision lightly.

“My guess is you are much more careful with all those other things you own more than the internet. “

Trust789: That is an incorrect statement. All my chainsaws are not locked up and any of my children can start it, if they want to. In addition, if you ever took a gun safety class- given by police officers- one of the things they tell you is to allow your children to hold the gun, help clean it etc. (of-course it is not loaded).

My children do not have internet access. Once they are old enough to use it, I will teach them how to use it responsibly, like a gun.

Those who shower often have no yiras shmuayim.

By abstaining from this unholy activity, one can gain tremendous OIL Machus Shamoyim! They can give a whole new meaning behind chanukah.

Rising: What are the halachos? Where in Shulchan Aruch do we have the halacha of how long skirts, shirts, styles should be?

Don’t quote books, shiumrim or rabbies. All that is based on their perspective which other rabbi’s may disagree. I would like to know the Halahach from the source.

All I will post is that B’H I am no longer Yeshivish. The blatant chutzpah people have calling Rabbonim (even if they are not yours) by their initials is a lack of derech eretz that ANY Gadol or Daas Torah would object too. While a Gadol can call himself as he wishes, the klal has no right.

I agree with karagnostic and cannot believe this is even a question. Today one is not mor desireable that the other. It is what an individual prefers.

In the olden days, Males=money. They grow up, work the fields, caary your family name etc.

Girls =expenses. They cannot work, so they are an extra mouth to feed, they have dowries which equates to the male getting more money and they do not carry your family name. This is common sense, and those who think you need miforshim on this; i guess lack this common sense. I wonder when pure human intellect was thrown out the window?

Curiosity: The issue is self defense, not subduing a person. Krav Maga is used to disable an opponent by attacking vital parts, eys, throat, etc. For law enforcement, subduing criminals it is part of their job. The OP wants self defense so for self defense Wing Chun would be better suited.

If you are looking for a defensive MA, look into Wing Chun.

Wasn’t Yaakov Avinu punished because he did not want Deena to marry Eisav? I think any non frum person is better than Eisav who was a murder.

CharlieHall:

“The Nazis didn’t confiscate any guns in Germany. The Weimar government had banned guns in 1919, before the Nazi party even existed. The Nazis actually relaxed Germany’s gun laws so that their thugs could terrorize people legally. “

All- Please do some research on the ‘Blind’ Mexican Cavefish. Here you have a species that evolved depending on the location to the proximity of the mouth of the cave. Evolution in progress.

Wisguy- A better question is, what does it mean it was only applicable in his time? The answer i always hear is meshana habrios. Does this translate to evolution of the species?

We were not a nation until Matan Torah. Prior to that, we were tribes so if some tribes died, they were considered separate than us. Even after Mattan Torah,when we became a nation, people still held to the notion that you could only marry within your tribe. Cross marrying is unheard of! So as long as 4/5th were not part of my tribe, people did not care. In addition, not everyone worked. Shevet Levi was a complete tribe that did not work, but other tribes individual people had a good life. They went to the theaters of the goyim, and they moved out of Goshen and settled among the goyim.

Plegesh Bigeva, the whole tribe of Binyamin was almost wiped out but we do not have anything special. Even the Jews at that time did not care if Shevet Benyamin would be exterminated until it was brought to their attention that Klal Yisroel needs 12 tribes.

So by 4/5th dying, I do not see it a big deal among the survivors. It is not like today where we intermarry among various shevatim. Back them, you kept to your own.

A bigger question would be, the meforishim state that they died during this makka so not to make a chillul hashem. Imagine if the whole state of Israel, about 6 million people, just disappeared, wouldn’t that also be a chilul hashem? Who and where did they bury 6 million people in 3 days?

I think the OP already knows the answer but is afraid to face it. I personally think that she should call it off. His great middos, makes her laugh sometimes, etc. is all havel by the mention of one statement: “At times I am attracted to him, at times not.”

This man may be the greatest person in the world, but if you are sometimes not attracted to him then everything else means nothing. The times that you are attracted maybe forced.

As long as you do not see bugs with your eyes you do not need a filter.

B’h I don’t have any inconsiderate, ungrateful friends. MY friends understand that Mishloach Manos is a way of expressing love and friendship to each other and not to promote commercialized junk food. They understand that Mishloach monas is not too see who can spend more money or deliver the fancier basket. If one of you can pick a dipsy doodle over a hot piece of potato kugel then you are the ones missing on the true meaning of Purim. In addition, this is the same kitchen that feeds you when you come over for a shabbos meal, or provides you food when your wife is ill or just had a baby. So if their Mishloach Monas is not up to your standards, please stop being friends with them because they are too good for you.