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Makes sense, considering all the learning that goes on during davening.
Am I supposed to feel insulted?
Obviously to YOU this story is a BIG DEAL, so, exactly how is it a big deal? You saying tehillim for his neshama? Trying to get his sister to light shabbos candles? Reaching out to other lost neshamos?
This is in the news not because some religious catholic found out that his parents were Jews, but because of who that person was in the catholic hierarchy. To which I still ask, why is this newsworthy, why does the press make such a big out of this given that the original Christians were all Jews.
“Schools are not for parents.”
True, but the parents are the ones paying the tuition. Therefore, the schools offer what the parents want not what the kids need. In short, my previous message still stands.
the only thing that is tragic is your sanctimonious hypocricy.
midwesterner. I make it my business not to argue about the catholic religion, with catholics. if they wish to believe joseph and mary were his “parents” who am I to argue with them. as far as they are concerned a roman soldier wasnt his “father” either.
“the drill” is covering over the real issue at hand. the lakewood board of ed is facing a budget shortfall. they cant raise the money because the state didnt grant a waiver on the 2% property tax increase cap, so they have to balance the budget by cutting services. one of those services proposed to be cut is “courtesy busing”. this is a budget issue. lakewooders who care should get involved in the workings of the board of ed, and start questioning its expenditures. perhaps there is money to be “found” in the budget by cutting wasteful spending. perhaps a compromise is in order, where the BOE and parents share the cost of transportation. it isnt a case where it is courtesy busing, or the busses are taken to another state. it is a question of who pays for it.
why is this such a big deal. yeshu and his parents were also halachic jews.
I think schools are providing exactly what parents want. Everyone wants their son in the best yeshiva or beis yackov. that is measured by how many hours of seder or how intense the girls are driven. in the quest to be the best, everyone tries to outdo the next guy by adding another seder, another class in navi with rishonim and then like lemmings everyone tries to get into those yeshivos. when people start flocking to the few yeshivos and beis yackovs that place a strong emphasis on hashkafa, mussar and middos instead of looking for ways to further burn out talmidim and talmidos with additional “optional” sedarim, activities and research projects, all yeshivos and beis yackovs will emphasis those areas. like all providers, they are merely offering what people are asking for.
Most partnerships are doomed to failure when one partner takes to griping in online forums about the perceived faults of the other partner(s). Partners who respectfully address all things they feel important with the other members of the partnership will find that the partnership will either grow, or due to significant differences will dissolve the partnership.
This Topic Is Closed. Short, sweet and to the point. Not sure about inspirational though.
discussions are never closed. hate filled comments that serve no purpose other than to sow hatred, vent ones anger or boredom are what get topics closed.
Tamim Tihyeh Im Hashem Elokecha is always Midoraysa.
What I meant was/is (and perhaps this is also how you interpret what I mean – I am uncertain what you mean, so am clarifying) that tefilla is ALWAYS appropriate, it is not a last resort as is implied by TRUEBT. In fact it should accompany every step of ones hishtadlus. The way I understand TRUEBT is that tefilla is merely the place one turns as a last resort, when all else fails.
“On the other hand, when we have done everything we can do, it is time to daven.”
Surely you dont mean this.
Speaking of Rabbi Reisman. I believe it was he who said, just imagine how many more frum yidden there would be if they were called the aseres hasegulos instead of dibros.
Vihyisem li liam segulah. Some have taken this to a whole new level.
they have a branch in every nhl city?
But nobody with a shred of kavod hatora calls the Chida, “CY”.
“Why so you could make fun of it??”
Not sure if this is addressed to me, but this is a very defensive reaction. Why should I (or anyone else) make fun of it?
“Anyone who wanted to attend was there !”
That might be true. It doesnt address the fact that there are many women who didnt know about it in the first place. Those women are interested in a summary of who said what.
“was the name he was most commonly known as and called by during his lifetime.”
By whom? The next time you hear or read something by his talmidim (Rabbi Genack for example) see how they refer to him? Most likely the title used is “The Rav”, never JB. That is an intentional derogatory usage by those who wished to malign him for whatever reason.
@thegoq, yet another reason not to take the devils seriously.
Not to go off topic, but I am certain Rav Chaim never said what was just attributed to him.
Sadly, these days, Daas Torah for many is finding a Rav who shares the same philosophy as they do and declaring them their Daas Torah.
lets cut to the chase, instead of bickering about how many women may or may not have been at the asifa, where can those women who did not attend (my wife never even heard of it and we live less than 10 minutes from where it was held!!) the asifa get a copy of transcrips of the speeches, or a copy of the video, or at the very least someones summary of what was said?
this is why there is a shidduch crisis. every time you see a mazel tov posted, you see pictures of men at the simcha, you see men given a mazel tov, no women. if perhaps we involved women in the process girls would get engaged too 🙂
no cheerleaders in hockey. of course its better to be sitting and learning instead of following the rangers. if however you wont be learning, or sleeping and would be sitting and speaking lashon hara instead, get together with like minded rangers fans and enjoy reaching the stanley cup finals.
coffee
A midrash and a maaseh. Also the version for younger children titled a mini midrash and a maaseh. Of course there is the (little) midrash says. Rabbi Frand on the Parsha 1,2 and 3. Just go into any seforim store. You’d spend $200 and not buy 1/4 of the available seforim you are looking for.
“Yeshiva World wouldn’t put in pictures of the women!”
Probably not intentionally, but clearly there is no “moderator” of the photos that get posted online. Just scroll through some of the photo galleries.
Why didnt anyone ask if the yidden left mitzrayim men in front women in the back or if there was a mechitza on the bus. Why didnt anyone ask if there were separate entrances to the yam suf? Why is this suddenly a question at this point in time?
“I never mentioned a word about a cent of Shadchanus or anything else that might have made them upset.”
“This is uniquely strange because generally very frum BTs are extra Temimusdik and dont want to hurt a fly.”
“How do I get to the bottom of this?”
Tell me what I didnt comprehend O wise one.
on the one hand you are asking random strangers what you may have done wrong, on the other hand when those same random strangers suggest what it is you may have done they are accused of negativity and mussaring.
“What Happens When We Run Out of Topics? (8 posts)”
then we have a new “crisis” to dissect, discuss, argue over, blame everyone else for starting, offer solutions for, berate each other over those proposed solutions, deny there is a crisis, start a new machlokes “lshem shamayim” that will tide us over until the next topic.
explain what?
no more sfaika diyoma. as soon as the sanhedrin declares it is rosh chodesh, they will text, tweet and email anyone who signs up for notifications as well as update the status on facebook.
hemlines and yiras shamayim work in an inverse relationship. zeh kam, zeh nofel.
Start with hilchos tiloim.
when are they playing? what is the over/under?
“lower level of respect for davening than the person learning during davening”
so, if the alternative is talking lashon hara or checking email…..
“if you accept the idea that davening is “us talking to Hashem” while learning is “Hashem talking to us” then learning , especially while waiting for the shliach tzibur, or bain gavra l’gavra is just a shift in the conversation.”
I was not referring to bain gavra ligavra or waiting for the shatz. I was reffering to those who “daven” from their sefer.
“that is what the frum stores sell.”
Stores sell what is in demand. The store owner has his/her own nisayon about what to sell or not sell, but to put the onus of how people dress on the store owners, that is just plain silly.
“if the husbands gave the wives attention when they’re at home they would have no need to “dress up” like that and go walking down the street”
Disclaimer: I am not a woman. The following is merely something I am repeating in the name of ONE woman.
Men should stop flattering themselves. Women do not dress to impress men, they dress to impress other women.
“I feel that one of the major issues are with the “jewish” clothing manufactures.”
I think the biggest problem is the absentee men. The women who are walking around dressed in a way the OP and others like him/her constantly bemoan are not widows and orphans. More often than not they have husbands or fathers in their lives. It is up to them to say something as well.
It all stems from a lack of yiras shamayim (clearly there is no need to have any yira from the social circle). A woman who has yiras shamayim wont dress contrary to halacha and a man with yiras shamayim wont tolerate it as a husband/father.
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“These girls are taught to be tznius because they have to be, instead of wanting to be.”
It is irrelevant what they WANT. what is relevant is the ratzon hashem. Someone with yiras shamayim wants to do the ratzon hashem.
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“do you think tznius improves with marriage, or did you just link two random issues?”
I dont think the 2 “issues” are as random as you make it seem. With an over emphasis on a girls physical appearance, to the point where a girls photo on her shidduch profile is standard operating procedure, is there any wonder that girls continue to push the envelope in the appearance department (this includes clothes and makeup). the lack of yiras shamayim in our bachurim who are seem to have no issue with this runaway train moving forward at breakneck speed.
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“Popa, is it better than ten years ago, or is it just better than fifty years ago?”
It isnt better, or worse. It is different. Both are just as bad. Sure, we took steps forward, but we also took two steps back.
man made global warming occurs when most people open their mouths to speak.
Dirk Pitt was there. If Mr. Pitt says it exists, thats good enough for me.
im not saying they are equal, but from the perspective of “whats he doing in the middle of davening” there isnt much difference. in both cases the person is saying, id rather be doing something else instead of talking to hashem.
to you it is perfectly normal that no frum person does that, you grew up with the concept of “pareve milk”, 50 years ago almost noone heard of such a thing and at best, it looked “funny”. I dont want to predict how quickly it will happen, but with the proliferation of smart phones and available apps, it will be as common as “pareve milk” and noone will think twice about it.
practically speaking, how different is it then looking into a gemara while you are supposed to be davening.
sounds very much like the discussion about “pareve milk” of 40-50 years ago. now, who suspects that otherwise reliable people are drinking milk in their coffee after a fleishig meal now that “everyone” knows about “pareve milk”.
“Well, we found a point of agreement between Hakatan and DaMoshe.”
Surely this is the aschalta digeula!