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Considering that there are numerous yeshivos in e’y and ch’l that are way bigger than brisk, I would say many, many, many people agree with you.
For arguments sake. Let’s assume the answer is, “it’s muttar”. Should you? Just because you may, doesn’t mean you must.
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Before answering the OP, lets back up. It is muttar to make a snap judgement that someones driveway is illegal, because “it just looks like it is”.
Talking strictly quality. Lands End. They are as durable as they come.
“why do ou need a kar?”
So you could donate it to Kars for Kids, of course.
since your a “young married guy” might I suggest that you seek your wifes opinion, instead of some random internet strangers?
you starting to drive for uber or lyft? perhaps “nice car” will make a difference.
you mention you are on a budget, should we assume you stick to your budget? if you do, figure out where to trim to accommodate this expense. when you go through this excercise I expect you will come back with additional questions such as, is it worth spending my rent money on car loan, or should my desire for a nice car outweight the need for my wife to eat three meals a day? we’d be happy to share our opinions with you.
Now that we have adopted the “ranking system” to determine which psak to follow, what are the criteria in scoring a gadol? What factors do we consider?
Lomdus? Bekius? Charius? Yichus? Middos? Number of Talmidim? Number of Seforim? Followers? The number of press releases? the number of tzedaka campaigns that co-opt their picture? the number of times appears each month in Yated or Hamodia? the number of times they were mesader kiddushin? Any others? What weight is attributed to each factor?
“I turned to them about a year ago and we wanted to examine a commercial possibility, because I do not have a kashrut problem. I have five kosher seals……. in the end I accompanied them politely to the door and gave up on this kashrut.”
In short, the potential profits from a 6th hechsher, are not worth the hassles it comes along with, and they are happy with the 5 they do have.
Just curious, who are the FIVE hechsherim on this winery?
“There’s nobody in the Eidah that’s as big a gadol as Rav Ovadia zt”l.”
This is the “my tatty is bigger than your tatty” argument made in kindergartens everywhere. As an aside, do you think this is something NEW, that someone woke up last week and decided Rav Ovadia z’ls psak is not correct?
“The Ethiopians generally fall under the Sephardic sphere (I think they were close to the Yeminite community) so for this matter a Sephardic Shitta is the one to follow.”
Those who generally rely on the eida are not sephardic, therefore….
Re: Racism. Israeli “sephardim” have accused those of ashkenazic descent of racism for decades. As for Barkan and Badatz, this is a business decision that Barkan will make. on the one hand there is (apparantly) a business benefit to the eida hechsher, on the other hand there is the negative press, that can be bad for business too.
I’m willing to bet, these workers undergo a geirus at a badatz beis din within 2 weeks and all will be good again.
Nothing like “hock” to keep people busy though.
If you shopped for mens pants on macys, google will continue to show you ads for mens pants from macys ad meah viesrim. if you browsed other sites, you will get ads based on those sites. dont share your computer with someone who might browse, or shop at sites that are not appropriate for you. Get an ad blocker such as ad block plus. also, try to have all cookies and cache automatically cleared this helps mitigate many of the ads based on browsing history (it does not stop ads). Take your pc to tag and have a filter installed, even the lowest level filter will block just about every image and most objectionable content.
La Ha Dahm means the blood is hers.
I thought it was about reporting all ones income to the appropriate taxing authorities.
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All hats may be foldable, the real question is, would you wear it once it was unfolded.
The connection between hats and cream cheese?
Desperate people do desperate things. Perhaps if they werent treated like dogs, spoken about like dogs in a derogatory manner and given the time of day by people, they wouldnt feel the desperate need to bebas aggressive as they are. Just a thought.
“are countless tshuvos from countless poskim over the last 300 years paskening heter re: smoking”.
Search through otzar hachachma, there are many teshuvos from 400 years ago that coffee should be assur (it was introduced to the middle east and europe in the 1500s.)
Sometimes, factors that form the basis for a psak change and with it, the psak.
havdala = separation. kedusha is probably better translated as set aside or reserved for a (lofty) purpose.
kedoshim tihyu, it encompasses a lot of things. those are examples.
Video of tricked out escalades. Yep, thats kavod hatorah.
why do you assume the escort was lichvod the visiting gaon and not simply to make a scene? if whoever sent the videos to ywn was interested in sharing images of the gaon or more importantly the message he told over, ywn would have received such a video, its clear to me, their interest was in sharing the tumult that they were able to create.
“Both the Tanach and the gemoroh explicitly endorse giving tzedokoh in the hope of a reward”
True, however, there is no mention that a particular gadol must daven on behalf of a donor of a particular amount, donated at a specific time and date. Tzedaka, is tzedaka is tzedaka, and the rewards promised by hashem will come, no matter how many glossy page ads promote or dont promote the receiving organization or receipient.
“We are cheapening Hashem’s mitzvos by selling them as a segula.”
We are also cheapening the chashivus of gedolim by reducing them to mere marketing props and tools.
I believe it was Rabbi Frand who said, had they been called the 10 segulos instead of the 10 dibros, people would be more excited about them.
“One who does not learn Torah is not better than animals and has no right to eat meat.”
I assume there are many lamdonim and geonim in the Serengeti.
I believe Rav Miller Z’l once answered “buy him a shaver” (I hope this is not used as an opening by some to debate the halachic and hashkafic dos and dont of shaving).
For some doctors, it simply isnt worth their time. I am aware of several pediatricians in Brooklyn, that do not accept United Healthcare Community Plan (a medicaid plan), for example – there are other plans – because the reimbursement is a joke, recommended tests are often second guessed and the bottom line is the benchmark for all measurable service levels by UHC.
The doctor is not a gemach. he is running a business. he is entitled to his fee. it is not mine or your place to tell how and when to perform chessed.
how many people read this back and forth on a smartphone ?
The Matirim say that only a small portion of world exports of hair is from the tansurs…
The Osrim say that a significant amount of hair is from the tansursMatirim – it is not a religious expression
Osrim – the hair is given up for the sake of a deitySo, your summary tells us that they dispute the facts. Wouldnt it be better to jointly try to ascertain the facts ratsher than “debating” them?
Grilled.
He is probably “shteiging” at the same pace in and out of yeshiva, the difference is, in yeshiva he is constantly compared to everyone else, while out of it, he is compared to himself.
It should.
tell whoever it is that might wonder, that he shouldnt be looking at females.
I know this was mentioned many, many times….what would happen to Freddie Friedmans list of 2000 girls if instead of handing out half a dozen girls names to a bunch of boys, he did the reverse, he gave each girl the name of half a dozen boys. what would the downside be? I dont buy, the girls cant handle rejection argument, since by almost all accounts the girls in shidduchim are way more mature, and way ahead in life than the boys they are dating (which is probably the biggest factor in the problems the current system faces).
The shidduch crisis began when the definition of “ben torah” was changed from, someone who learns as much as possible, is shomer torah umitzvos and respects rabbonim, to someone in yeshiva 3 full sedarim a day.
“Why should scientists use cats and dogs over cows?”
They take up less space?
“dogs are considered as family members.”
Sadly, sometimes even more than the human family members.
“I remember seeing somewhere that the Chofetz Chaim refused to learn by an electric light and would only learn by candlelight because he didnt want any modern technology”
He transcribed all his seforim by hand? With a quill? On parchment?
“the mitzius has changed manyfold since then?”
Certainly more trolls.
“A Bais Din!”
My knowledge of Lakewood is just about zero. For all I know, you were being facetious and were referring to a laundromat.
whats on 4th and madison?
Take them to a din torah.
They hotwire your car?
“Wouldn’t that apply equally to cold weather?”
why would you want to use an AC in cold weather? perhaps you plan on installing it backwards?
“the Averirah should be on the person who made the mistake , not the consumer”
when moshiach comes, bimheira biyameinu, im not certain a kashrus agency will fall into the category of “beis din” that would bring a par helem davar and the individual would bring his own chattas regardless. regardless, whether it is a dioraisa or a dirabbanan, it is the halacha and one should be diligent and not put the onus on someone else.