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more PREPARED to enter a world where there is evil sophistications that are a temptation to ones yetzer hara. That is a fact and if you want to keep the party line of not keeping your children in any store where they may see something that is secular or different from the Jewish Nation, you will ultimately lose in the long run.
Make Big Yellow Happy Smiles For Gods Orthodox. How is that one?
I would have to agree. I have posted things that I felt had merit for sake of torah, and were removed, yet there are things that are simply for the sake of saving a buck or making baby talk online that get posted daily here. But rest assured, I like to have a place for political and torah discourse, so count me in as a participant. Thanks. Sorry mods if I am critical, I wish not to start any antipathic sentiment, but I only aim to help continue to hopefully be a guide in the development of what can indeed be a strong venue for Torah and Jewish discussion. Thanks!
Wear a Bib. You’ll be ok.
Why dont you just ASK them where they go to school? Seems the easiest and smartest thing to me, not to mention that you might LEARN something.
23 psalm of course.
23 is the defunct number of lebron james who most of the righteous can not stand any more. right?
God bless the indigent as well as the worthy. For they try to do their best in the light of foolishness and simpleness. But that said, lets try to up the quality of the posts on this website for the sake of Torah. Thanks.
I ask you this. Did you think that your post was a good way to bring Jews to Torah? I seem to read your writing as a public attempt to smile at the fact that Jews really are asked to be held to a higher degree of scrutiny, by both our Creator and our Fellow man.
That said, of course we are held to a higher standard. And of course, there is sin and wrong doing in the even highest of the Jewish communities. If you are sincere about staying off the God given internet to try to “serve your Creator”, I hope you have some good ways in mind. I personally find that I can indeed serve our Creator with the obligations and writings and work that I do with my computer. I use my G-d sent computer to serve my Creator. But that doesn’t mean I am online my entire week.
If you get into the class, just go to the class and study as you are capable. You are going to be in over your head it might seem without any much of a background, but that said, something is going to stick with you and you will be instructed. You can not expect to absorb all of the information nor should that be your goal to master the course. One should study, attend classes, learn and then take the tests. Who knows, you might just get an A.
my opinion:
1. playing a sport- if it will bring him happiness and industry and esteem.
2. watching sports?- well, let him be the decider. One really should have some enthusiasm about some of the teams. Its called Western Culture and that is not against Torah. In fact, Torah supports Western Culture as I see G-ds message to our people. That said, too much viewing of anything is a real mistake. One should enjoy the spirit of sports and find that there is some sense of affiliation. So no problem here, just don’t watch more than say 1 sports event a week unless say it is football playoffs.
3. going to sports? Well if you can sport the price tag, go right ahead. Of course every child should I say be able to view a few sports events in his or her lifetime. I personally am almost 40 and have been to one football game, a few basketball games and maybe 7-8 baseball games. Oh yea, a few college football games too. But that said, these were expensive though very worthwhile experiences. But I personally am quite aggrieved by those who spend their every weekend or more at the stadium. That just does not seem to be our mission in my thoughts.
Would you become Jewish if you were a non Jew? I think that is the question…
I say it depends on what you think your providence really is…
If you identify with the Jewish people and then spend your time reading their books etc, especially the Jewish Tanakh as well you have a firm G-d beleif, I say you give it a go.
If you learn about the universe and realize that the Jews are like a tree in a forest and the non jews are like the plants and weeds and you just want to do it to be like the Jews, I think your plan is going to be see-through. I don’t think you could genuinely become Jewish, but if you really found meaning in the Jewish religion, you might want to give it a go too.
As for being a Jew and wanting to become religious, I say who knows what our children of non-affiliated movements will do in their lifetimes. If you are non- affiliated, your priority in life is to your job and family. That said, it is not to your own religious background per se. If you suddenly become more frum, that is great. It is going to be a challenge, and G-d willing a learning process.
But I suspect that true Ba’al Tschuvahs are very rare indeed. Some modifications of the Jewish way of life do not seem to “jive” with some of the careers of these previously non-affiliated individuals. It also has a big family ramification. Imagine growing a full beard if you really wish. That does not immediately get approval by many of those who hate facial hair of any significant length.
But given a good G-d orientation, give it to Hashem to guide our people into their futures.
Drinking out of a bottle is practical. Pouring it into a glass is refined. That is not the ultimate way of being refined, but it is a way of refining your talents. But that said, there is nothing inherently “disgusting” about drinking out of a bottle. It might be ok in certain places and if you go to a refined eatery, it would seem like you are going “country”.
um. Tell her you can make milk come out of your nose when you laugh. That might make a few laughs. If it doesnt, order some milk.
Pay for your paint.
I’d tell them that their job is to improve their propriety, to keep the very obvious and clear mitzvahs (tzitzis, side curls of some length, etc) and that they really do not need to delve into a laundry list of the 613 written mitzvos. If this is what is hanging up your B’T, they are not reading Tanakh.
The Jewish community likely could do better to discuss and understand mental health situations and disorders. Truly they are prevalent in all communities and Jews are not immune. I have seen some harm done to others with mental health problems in our communities and it is still a situation that many shun or denigrate. So be on your watch and encourage those who may have a person with mental health maladies in their day to be humane and sympathic and to consider that these are Hashem’s children and not heretics, fools or wicked souls. That may be there too, but mental health concerns do not signify a weakness in character or mental capacity or social adjustment or self regard. These are a big concern for all of us and I believe I have seen statistica that have said that some 50% of all people have some symptom that is significant from a mental health point of view at some point in their lifetime.
I keep learning. Every day. But that said, I have only the materials I have. I would love to hear a shiur or other engaging discussion in the future. We can keep learning, but I do feel that I have a good sense of Torah Propriety and I also think that the commands that I know are all in my capacity to keep. My goal this year hopefully might be to get a sukkah at my home. That may be somewhat expensive and perhaps in that time someone on here can help me a bit. But that is my biggest mitzvah that I realize I have not been able to keep as truly as we are commanded. That said, I do have the room for a sukkah and I just want to see how I can learn to construct one and also hopefully if I purchase it as a kit, that I get one that is worth the expense and useful for many more years. Thanks.
Thanks Zees. I am curious what site you mention as I do have a few blogs, but I have not offered them here. But that said, I am confident that if HASHEM wanted me to be with a rabbi on a usual basis, he would have put me in a place where that is possible. I have not been confident in some of the rabbis I have met or know about to date, but that said, I am an avid reader of some of the rabbinic writings from art scroll and feldheim. That said, no one has offered me a response to my inquiry about why a woman might wish to cut all of her hair off and what significance i may or may not have. That said, I am a medical doctor and I do not feel that I can blindly follow any rabbi until I personally know that person and he personallly knows and works liberally with me on a matter. I do welcome such a relationship, but I will tell you that at the present time, that is a very unlikely relationship due to logistics and other matters. But that said, your points are with your clear leannings and I appreciate though do not agree wholehearted with a pure “the rabbi is the only way to God” approach. So thanks but I will keep letting my soul and workings be guided by A True Guide as I believe it is possible. If you take 2 steps towards HASHEM, he will take 5 or more towards you. So for a ba’al tschuvah, perhaps we have a slight advantage over the religious since birth since we had to really make a big decision and it is not always what one might think he would do given his current circumstances, family relations, occupational lifestyle and other things. Hashem is our Guide and I am quite sure that when it may become time for a special rabbi to be my partner and aide, that this relationship will exist. But until then, I must rely on my own intropection, intelligence, insight and hard work to get me to be a Jew who has merit, worth, diligence and hopefully if it be the will of my friends and our Creator, honor as well. Thanks.
Pac Man, whats wrong with charity? Perhaps you can tell me what this articles writer is trying to acheive? If you want success, you should work for it. I personally think its great if you think that another person praying for your success is going to make you successful. I will profess that it will not. No tzaddik is going to make you more successful until HASHEM determines it is success you earn and deserve. Though perhaps having more people clamoring to heaven for your own success will get attention, I will suggest that perhaps there is more in your life to FIX that you CAN FIX that might be the real reason you are not finding the success you think you need. But that said, only you can know your degree of repentance, your merit and your influence of your own yetzer hara and its own “success” in your judgement and thinking. I will assure you that you can do no wrong by giving charity and that really is orthodox even if you dont want to admit that you can give to a charity and have a positive outcome for yourself as well. You can and will.
So fix your problems, master your yetzer hara’s influence and you will truly find good success.
I’m just the Ba’al Tschuvah in the room, but I have been given bad advice by rabbis before including orthodox rabbis and I must say that I have solved most of my own problems by myself with Jewish principles. That said, I am not really familiar with the need for a woman to shave her head and perhaps someone can inform me of the minhag. I do of course know that if you took a woman in battle, that you are required to shave her head. Being that you are clearly Jewish from birth I think, I can not completely understand how this might apply in any sense to you.
But that said, if you are looking to rid yourself of some evil in your life, I think that the best way to do this is to give to charities. Its better to give less to more than to give more to less charities. I have done this many times and am very pleased with how I personally feel. But I do not think that you are obligated to comply with every suggesting from a Rabbi, no matter his esteem. That is my personal opinion, though many here will obviously condemn me for disregard to a scholar and someone who they will say is clearly a tzaddik. (maybe or probably, but not my consideration).
I would imagine that cutting your hair completely off would have one benefit in that it would be easier to cover your hair in public which I am guessing you completely do.
But that said, I can not feel in my lifetime that I am going to obey a rabbi unless I completely feel that it is HASHEMs direction I feel was offered to me. If this is the case, do it and do everything you hear you must do by your rabbinic source. But that said, I must confess to you that many things that I hear from many of the rabbonim today do not in my senses feel that they are mandated or even considered at all by our Creator.
Elie Weisel, Joe Leiberman.
Thansk Haleivi. When someone is able to connect a few of the dots in your brain, let me know. I’d love to see what it looks like when your thoughts make sense to me. Your concepts are just disconnected, but if you think its a funny thing to say, go ahead. We are all ears. Sort of.
You have no idea how troubled the Jewish world would have been had it not been for America. So yes, I think you should observe or keep in mind ALL of the American Holidays. And have thanksgiving dinner for sure. If you have to go to school or work say on Memorial Day, that is not a major transgression as you can still observe and certainly many of the Jewish schools may or may not take off on certain holidays. But that said, be proud to be an American and be mindful of the observances in America.
HaLeivi,
Maybe you might demonstrate for all the good children your talent.
Its simple. If you are one who feels appropriate to gift, you gift. If you want to match their choice, then you do their will, not your own. It is hard to believe this is a Jewish topic on a Jewish forum.
Somehow I lost the purpose of this thread in its title and its dialogue. Best wishes.
If you truly want to use your “brains”… become a writer. That is the highest way you can use your talents if that is what you are designed to acheive.
Next time, Wolf, Just tape your receipt to your nose and announce on a loudspeaker that you paid for the coke. Nooone will question your diligence. Just your sanity.
I would have just taken both of my gun “hands” and shot back at her. 2 guns beats 1 gun hand. She wont be shooting at you with any one gun hand anymore I think.
I feel you should open and give a cursory glance to any letter that is from a new or unrecognized source. It may be a charity you wish to support. But that said, its easy to manage them.. Just file in the trash and decide your charatible giving in your own choice interests at the time you wish to give.
Pawlently is a wicked man and I suppose he wants to run for his own credit. I would not vote for him in any case but that said, I would not vote for Romney either.
The only way you are going to hurt this child is to show her how silly you are about not walking on a marking on the sidewalk. Personally I would be concerned about your affluence and your influence. To think that there is any spirituality associated with a written word on the ground that is to be silly beyond beleif. If it was Our Creators name I would hope that you were not so foolish to write that on a sidewalk and if the child did, perhaps you could give him or her a lecture on how we treat Gods name.
They don’t swim together in life. One is a water animal and the other a land animal. So spiritually thinking, I say that they actually compete with eachother in the magical mystical realm of the mind as to which one is to be eaten first. So thats why we dont do it. It does not destroy your mysticism, but you wont know which comes first. To put lamb and beef or chicken together on the same plate does not make you choose between a water creature and a land creature. So if you can, separate these items.
honestly, I must say I never gave it too much thought in the past, but putting a piece of fish on a plate with a steak or beef item is like dancing on your bathroom sink. You can do it and its not going to be a bad thing, but they dont swim together in life so let them exist separately. That said, you can eat a meal with both just keep them on separate serving trays and plates. Thats my own feeling. And this is just the way I feel. But the ChaBaD rabbi in my synagogue one day ran around to all the tables to make sure that no persons kept their fish on the same plate as a piece of meat we were served. I did not doubt that it was a consideration, but I never realized if it was really a priority or just really over kill and silly foolish superstition. Its not. I can not quote the laws but I know what is what. Fish and Chicken is not a big problem but Fish and Lamb is like dancing on your toilet lid. I never want to try that really. But you still wont fall in the toilet.
Fish and Chicken on the same plate is like taking a shower with marbles on the bottom of the shower stall. It wont be a trouble but dont slip on one and fall and hurt your soul. Thanks!
I enjoyed smoking my pipe outside in the snow while it fell and landed on my black curdoroy gloves in its perfect snowflake form.
Winston Churchill= “putting milk in babies mouths is the best thing you can do… a healthy citizen is its country’s greatest asset”.
– support healthcare.
coca cola,
nestle,
maxwell house,
parkay,
starkist