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I do not know if it is considered a sport but chess develops the mind. Many bachurim in Russia who played chess when they needed to relax from learning became gedolei Tora.
Regarding OP’s choices, football is a barbaric sport (the goal is to knock down people) as is NHL hockey (college and European hockey have a different atmosphere). Baseball is very strategic and is more brain than brawn. Basketball is not so good for someone who is not very tall.
CTlawyer, the Free Dictionary defines “sovereignty” as:
1. Supremacy of authority or rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state.
2. Royal rank, authority, or power.
3. Complete independence and self-government.
4. A territory existing as an independent state.
Thus, it would seem that Indian reservations are indeed sovereign (and, in fact, Native Americans were not considered citizens until passage of the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act). States in the US are also sovereign even though in some respects they are subject to Federal law. It would seem to me that military bases and diplomatic compounds are extraterritorial. However, if the child is not subject to US law it would not be a citizen. This includes children of diplomatic personnel so an American military compound or diplomatic mission might be considered US territory for this purpose even though being the child of an American is not generally sufficient (which it might well be).
CTlawyer,
1. If military law applies on the base and even the postal address is a military address then how can it be said to be under the sovereignty of the country in which it is found? If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it must be a duck.
2. What standing could there be under restrictive American standards? Anyway, you can correct me if I am wrong but to the best of my knowledge there is no law that states that someone who is not a natural born citizen may not appear on the ballot. If he wins he cannot serve. Thus, it would appear that there can be no case unless Cruz wins the election in Nov. Even then, it would seem that the only one with standing to challenge his election would be his opponent. After the hue and cry over Bush v. Gore SCOTUS might very well not want to get involved.
TY for your clarifications on the status of an embassy or consulate. However, IMHO, if (Article 22 section 1) “The premises of the mission shall be inviolable. The agents of the receiving State may not enter them, except with the consent of the head of the mission” there is certainly a limitation on the sovereignty of the host country. However, I am relieved to know that I am not still in Eretz Yisrael (I am writing these lines in the American Cultural Center library in Yerushalayim).
CTlawyer, regarding your class, this one statement would have to be a pro-rated part of the $600 per credit. Considering all of my posts on Halacha I think that my Comparative Law lessons put me ahead.
As for military bases The Free Dictionary’s legal dictionary states:
“… land used as a military base is considered a form of territory. These areas are inhabited almost exclusively by military personnel. They are governed largely by military laws, and not by the political structures in place for commonwealths and territories. The United States has military bases at various locations around the world, including Okinawa, Japan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.”
Joseph, yes they are. That is why Castro could not touch Guantanamo. Also embassies and consulates. As for Cruz (there were also questions about Romney Sr. and McCain, who was born in the Panama Canal Zone and some thought that C.A. Arthur had been born in Canada as his parents bounced back and forth), the question is how to interpret the statement “natural born citizen”. Cruz’ was born to an American mother so he has citizenship from birth and most Constitutional scholars think thatt his is sufficient. There is now a suit on the matter but probably it will not be decided unless Cruz is elected as American courts do not rule on hypothetical matters (which is why they did not rule on Romney Sr. or McCain).
MDG, you did not read it correctly. The SA and MB are talking about going to someone’s house and bowing (as a salutation) before davening Shacharit. The second opinion is that it is prohibited unless he already said birchot hashachar.
Joseph, what is “tarbeh” and what is “sicha”? My understanding is that the latter is chatting.
Bat Masterson wore a homburg AND a frock.
Joseph, please cite your sources. What about “Hey you”?
I don’t go out with a tent on Shabbat.
Birdson, perhaps Israelis are different from my observations new marrieds very often go to their parents for Shabbat. Veterans in the community also like to invite new residents in order to get to know them.
Joseph, what if someone moved to the former and rented office space on the latter?
Apushatayid, I still don’t get it.
What about people who live in Corpus Christi,TX? What about people who have offices on Trinity Pl in Manhattan?
Mrs D (I hope that this is not being too familiar),
1. Is there a reason why you sometimes write “I” and sometimes “i”? Do you have ups and downs regarding humility?
2. As I am retired I cannot say that I am not a Sir, I work for a living. In fact, I once told someone who asked for my title that he should call me “Your Excellency”.
Health & Apushatayid, I did not get that one. I did hear about a Chassidic melamed who taught the pasuk that starts “??-??? ??? ???”. One boy asked what is an isha. The melamed said “What your father has”. The boy replied “Oh. A hernia”.
MRS-MRS. (the last two letters are properly in lower case) D (are you the wife of Mrs. D?),
Only very important men, such as the Exilarch (Reish Galuta) were called “Mar’ (according to the Sepharadim “Mor”) or “Abba”. Sometimes women were called “Ima” (“Marat”, not “Mara” is relatively recent) but it was rare. For example, Rav Nachman’s wife, who was also the daughter of the Reish Galuta and a very aristocratic and opinionated (see Berachot 51b – and note how Ulla responded to her) woman was called by her name, Yalta.”Beito” or in Aramaic “Beitei” (not “Bayit”) was used in the third person (e.g. “beito shel Rav Ploni).
When people call me “Mar” I respond that I am not mar, I am matok. When they call me “Rav” I respond “Ani lo rav im af echad”. One person sometimes calls me “Chacham Avraham” – generally when he wants something.
You’re welcome very much.
Barry, which nevua? What about Nitro Zeus?
Charlie,
1. He dominated it in the sense of controlling it.
2. Where have you proven this? Are you aware of the atmosphere on campuses?
3. I have already explained why European officials make conciliatory comments about Jews. BTW, as an ardent secularist who opposed a branch of a national store in a Moslem neighborhood selling only halal food I would not consider him a friend of frum Jews. Substitute “kosher” for “halal” (interestingly leftists are davka attacking Moslem practices which are similar to Jewish practices, such as circumcision and ritual slaughter).
I am tempted to write “name, street address, city, state or country”. Not to mention (@Gog) that I personally would not like to called a so-and-so.
Seriously, these are matters are dependent on minhag. In some countries one only addresses personal friends by first name or singular “you”. In Russia one uses the first name plus the patronymic (e.g. Vladimir Vladimirovich). In some countries (Israel, for example) not using the first name is a considered stuffy. I definitely would not go by popular halacha books as first of all they tend to be as machmir as possible and then some so that they will not be attacked and secondly they reflect the author’s particular community even though they purport to pasken for all Jews.
Sam, please cite where Rishonim do not beleive women for anything. It is against the Gemara that says that they are believed for some things, such as things that only women would would know (see the on-line article “???” in “???? ???”). Moreover, if she is not believed for issurim her husband would have to send to men to watch her prepare food and go to the mikva. As for her having to be shomeret mitzvot, that is also true for men. BTW, today when the shetar borrerut states that both parties accept the decision whether it is din or peshara there are battei din who will hear what a woman has to say and ask the party against whom she is speaking to answer it.
Charlie, DeGaulle was not a rightist. He withdrew from Algeria and abandoned the pieds-noirs (French settlers) and, in fact, was the target of a rightist assassination plot. as for the Left, in both America and Europe it is virulently anti-Israel and anti-Jewish. However, those in positions of national leadership know what would be the consequences of a Jewish exodus to an already troubled economy.
1. Who will win is a machloket (Yoma 10a):
??? ??? ?? ?? ??? ??? ??? ????? ???? ?’ ????? ???? ????? ????? ???? ????? ??? ??? ?? ????? ??? ???? ????? ??????? ??? ?? ????????? ?????? ???? ?????? ??? ?????? ???? ??? ??????? ?????? ????????? ?????? ???? ??? ????? ?????? ??? ?????? ??? ?? ????? ??? ????? ??? ???? ???? ??? ?? ???? ??? ??? ??? ????? ??? ????? ??? ??? ??? ????? ??? ??? ???? ????? ??? (???) ????? ??? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?????? ???? ??? ??? ????? ??? ????? ??? ???? ??? ????? ?? ?????? ???? ????? ??? ??? ????? ????? ??? ?????? ???? ?? ????? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ?? ?? ?????? ????? ???? ????? ??? ????? ???? ???? ????? ????? (???? ?, ?) ??? ???? ?? ?? ????? ???? ???? ???? ?????? ?? ??? ?????:
2. Rav Mordechai Eliahu ruled that WW2 was Gog uMagog. When some people tried to convince him otherwise he told them that if they continued to disagree with him they would have to experience it. They withdrew their objections.
Josh, these programs disincentive stable families, with all of the attendant social costs, and have done nothing to significantly alleviate poverty. This has been documented y disparate bodies such as the Atlanta Black Star and the National Center for Public Policy Research. In general, tzedaka is best managed by civil society and communities as they can best identify the needs of individuals. National programs only benefit the bureaucrats who administer them.
Can people who do any shetut (such as posting nonsensical threads) be counted in a minyan? Saints are not avoda zara and people today certainly do not intend for it.
Charlie, how do they know? Unlike Chassidim, MO Jews live in mixed neighborhoods.I do not know about Teaneck (although I suspect that followers of Rabbi Pruzansky would not have voted for Obama) but I do know that Riverdale is a very liberal neighborhood. It is probable that even if the MO Jews there voted for Romney (who, BTW, was not seen as a conservative) they would have been overwhelmingly outvoted. As for exit polls, even in a scientific poll there is a four percent margin for error. Moreover, it would necessarily be people who self-identified as MO even if objectively they are Conservadox.
Chazal assume that a person would be ashamed to take any type of charity. Thus, the highest form of tzedaka is to provide a job (Shach, Yoreh Deah 249,7). This is best accomplished by the free market. In fact, Milton Friedman points out in “Capitalism and Freedom” that his enabled Jews to prosper in America despite discrimination.
Unfortunately, there is an attitude among many that it is not necessary to find a permanent appropriate solution for someone as the government will take care of him. Moreover, some people like to keep others in dependency either as a means of controlling them or so that they can continue to feel good about themselves. If there were no poor people they would probably make a few poor so that hey could give them “tzedaka” every so often.
Akuperma, in a way “right” and “left” are appropriate as the leftists in the French National Assembly were republicans (every Jew decides for himself how to be holy) and the rightists monarchists (Hashem is King). However, Rav Kook (“March of the Camps”) decried the use of chareidi and chofshi (the only labels in his time) as they prevent teshuva. The former thinks that he has nothing for which to repent (after all, he shakes at the word of Hashem) and the latter thinks that as a religious term it does not apply to him.
Many great talmidei chachamim were wealthy and many were poor. Both are challenges. The Ben Ish Hai, in fact, wrote on this. An anthology has been published in English as “The Challenge of Wealth and Poverty”.
The Terumat HaDeshen (1, 294) says that which is the real Adar depends on the machloket (Nedarim 63a) between Rabbi Yehuda, who says that it is Adar I, and Rabbi Meir, who says that it is Adar II. Rambam paskens like Rabbi Meir but the Rif, Rosh and Ran pasken like Rabbi Yehuda, which is the general rule. You can access Rabbi Larry Rothwachs’ source sheet on the YUtorah website.
As for ways to be marbeh b’simcha, the Shaagat Aryeh (65) says that each person has his own simcha so you must answer for yourself. However, I would go easy on the meat and wine.
Akuperma, actually according to demographic projections the religious public is going to be the majority in a few decades. As for ruling the Moslems, Rav Kahane, who was a Zionist, wanted to pay them to leave. Another possibility is simply getting them to believe that they cannot win. They will then submit to what they see as their fate. Thus, Moslems in Israel, including Judea and Samaria, were quiet until they started to think that they had a chance.
What if the uncle/aunt is a woman younger than the nephew/niece? This is not far-fetched at all. If someone has a child at age 20 and another at age 42 and the older child also has a child at age 20 the nephew/niece will be the older of the two.
In any case, the father Joseph saw was over on embarrassing someone in public, which some poskim say is yehareg v’al yaavor. This is especially severe in the case of a child.
What about people using pictures taken when they were much younger?
Hashem does not want neurotic servants. We cannot be expected to do more than we can. If you really want to go at it, how do you know that you are you? Maybe a switch was made in the hospital and really you are not Jewish. Maybe really an heir to a great material fortune and the victim of a conspiracy to cheat you out of your share.
DY, the Halacha is not like you (Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer 21,3 – and note that it is even wothy to do so). I would add that it is often possible to learn about someone’s personality from the face. This is known as chochmat hapartzuf (physiognomy) and has been confirmed by scientific studies ((Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol 4, p 44 and British Journal of Psychology, vol 98, p 111).
Feeling His hashgacha.
Zogt, Rav Kook explains that in his hesped:
???? ?”? ??????, ???? ?????? ????? ?????, ??’ ?????? ?? ???? ?????? ?? ???, ?? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ??? ????? ????? ???? ????????? ????? ?? ????? ????? ?????? ??????, ??? ???? ?????? ???????? ?????? ????? ??????, ??? ?? ??? ????? ????? ???????? ???????? ???? ?”? ?? ???? ???? ?????? ??? ????? ????? ????,
Rav Kook goes on to say that in the future the material and spiritual sides will unite (Etz Yosef and Etz Yehuda).