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The Rambam, the Chovos HaLevavos, and many, many others proved intellectually that a Higher Power created the world, and that He gave us the Torah. They were all avowed rationalists, and they proved beyond a doubt that Judaisim is quite rational.
But they were attempting to prove that judaism is rational, they weren’t attempting to determine whether judaism is rational.
Suggest that he get a Wii instead. It is cheaper and the game selection for the Wii will probably be more to your liking than the games available for the PS3.
No. Eclipses are normal events that can be predicted thousands of years before they occur.
Why is this any skin off of your nose?
Because he doesn’t want an eyesore.
Yes, I’m sure there are people who can figure out who I am from reading my comments. I also assume that this site does not use the strongest security protections.
I can’t stand having the wrong time on a clock. I have a radio controlled clock and always set my other clocks and watches to the nearest second (or nearest minute if I can’t set the seconds).
Why would you want to live in a neighborhood that has different values than yours?
I don’t know who or what store you are referring to but I find your statements disturbing. Since you already judged him as nonreligious for keeping a business open on shabbos (which you seem to be the only one that knows that there is a Jewish sole-proprietor) you refuse to accept any reasoning that the actions of the owner may actually be permissible.
I don’t deny that there are individuals that keep mezuzah and daven but are mechallel shabbos. I don’t consider them frum but they aren’t just putting on a show.
Trying my best:
I’m not talking about a parent, I’m talking about a teacher. And in case you were wondering, New Jersey law allows a parent to hit their child.
Since this site doesn’t have a way of finding old posts I am requesting that the moderators allow new posts with topics that have been previously discussed. Also I am (and I’m sure others as well are) unlikely to join a stale conversation that has likely gone off topic, and it is extremely diffucult to steer an off topic thread back to the origional topic.
real-brisker:
In your hypothetical Maine case, you have a direct controdiction and cannot fulfill both the mitzva and the law. There is no halacha that states that a teacher is obligated to hit a student.
real-brisker:
The law in New Jersey states that a teacher cannot hit a student.
The Torah says we must follow the state law.
Therefore (as I see it) the Torah is telling us that the proper way (for a teacher) to be mechanech in New Jersey is without hiting a student.
Bezalel – If by the torah it is correct why in the world do you have to take it into consideration. I dont mean to say lets not be gores the non-jewish law. What I mean is if this is the proper way to be machanch kids, I dont think the non-jewish law should stop us.
Because the Torah itself instructs us to follow the government’s law. I know there are exceptions but I don’t beleive this instance is such an exception.
Not everything that the law prohibits or approves is halachiklyhaskafikly correct.
But we still need to take it into considuration.
My first post was just about the legalities, now I’ll discuss the practicalities. I don’t believe that a teacher smacking a child today with any regularity has any justification. (Would you allow a math teacher to smack a child? What is the difference.) Children today understand that there are many teaching styles and will view a teacher that smacks as a teacher that cannot control the students and resorts to violence. Regardless of the truth, a teacher that does not have the respect of the students cannot be an effective teacher.
If smacking were limited to extreme instances (not more than once per semester) and clearly demonstrated that the teacher was in full control a case can be made for its justification.
Doug Shapiro
Bronx River Pathway
You don’t have to go far. All you need is a trail that isn’t plowed.
Always get a second opinion.
It depends on the state. In New Jersey it is illegal in all schools. In New York corporal punishment is legal in private schools but illegal in public schools.
There is no distinction between Litvish or Chasidish schools.
Very interesting. I alwas knew that keeping Mitzva left overs is a Shmira, IE Afikomen, Daled Minim Hoshanot etc but destroying? Please divulge your source
Oily wicks pose a danger of spontaneous combustion.
A Notable Idea, http://anotableidea.com. This business is run by Avremi G and makes the official sheet music for a number of jewish musicians.
How do you safely store oily wicks for 3 (or 4) months? The Minhag I have is to use the Lulav to start the Chometz fire, The wicks I burn immediately.
There are also certain concepts that different people never thought of as immoral, but up until our time (out time not included) are considered immoral.
Your use of the word “considered” makes me beleve they we are using two different definitions of the word “morality”. When I use the term morality I am refering to “descriptive morality” which Wikipedia explains as:
In its “descriptive” sense, morality refers to personal or cultural values, codes of conduct or social mores that distinguish between right and wrong in the human society. Describing morality in this way is not making a claim about what is objectively right or wrong, but only referring to what is considered right or wrong by people. For the most part right and wrong acts are classified as such because they are thought to cause benefit or harm, but it is possible that many moral beliefs are based on prejudice, ignorance or even hatred. This sense of the term is addressed by descriptive ethics.
You seem to define moratity as “normative morality” which is described as following:
In its “normative” sense, morality refers directly to what is right and wrong, regardless of what specific individuals think. It could be defined as the conduct of the ideal “moral” person in a certain situation. This usage of the term is characterized by “definitive” statements such as “That act is immoral” rather than descriptive ones such as “Many believe that act is immoral.” It is often challenged by moral nihilism, which rejects the existence of an any moral truths, and supported by moral realism, which supports the existence of moral truths. The normative usage of the term “morality” is addressed by normative ethics.
I don’t need a Rabbi to tell me that pedophilia is wrong today, but I haven’t derived that from the Torah (maybe from Kedoshim Tehiyu or Dina Dimalchusa).
From the Gemorah it seems that if a girl reached 12 1/2 years old and wasn’t married yet it was a shidduch crisis.
So you maintain that pedophelia is moral?
I have been following the results in my election district over the past few years and found that unless the “community leaders” endorse a Democrat the Republicans normally win.
I accept that morality can come from sources other than the Torah, otherwise there could be no complaint to the Dor Hamabul (I just objected to using Eruvin 100B as proof).
There are 2 obvious mathematical flaws. If Rosh Chodesh Elul to Rosh Hashanah is 30 days than Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur is only 39 days (and to Shmini Atzeres is 51 days). Also since the length of Marcheshvan is not fixed the length of time between Rosh Chodesh and the last day of Chanukah is not always the same.
Call 311 or report it at http://mta-nyc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/mta_nyc.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php.
No. The gemorah doesn’t state that these things are obvious, only that they can be learned from nature. (The problem I have with this gemorah is that there is no process to learn morality from nature and the examples given were of things that were established through other means.)
I think the act is more important than the amount but the act of setting up an autopayment is certainly better than a single instance of giving. The only instanse where I can see the autopayment as a bad thing is if you beleive that you have fulfilled your obligation to give tzedokah and no longer have any involvement at all (since you asked the question I’ll assume that is not the case).
My suggestion is to leave the autopayment in place but to constantly look for other worthy organizations to add to your autopayment list.
Prior to Hillel II, the calendar wasn’t based on calculations.
I heard it was radio. The telegraph was already an old invention by the time the Chofetz Chaim was a Rosh Yeshiva and by the time of his death television wasn’t yet readily availible.
They are obviously being framed by the anti-semitic television network. We should start a collection to buy Heidi a new wig.
It depends what you want to get out it. If you’re looking for an investment stay away. If you are looking for cheap vacations than be sure to read the fine print carefully, there are good deals but they have strings attached.
The book is out already?! I have been waiting for its release for months!!!
I don’t think the third book is out yet but sample chapters are availible on his website.
I’m stuck on the babies drinking milk from ox horns. What’s that all about?
Thay didn’t have plastic bottles at the time.
In Skver on the 5th night (which has special Kabbalistic significance) Kasha latkes fried in olive oil is served at the Rebbe’s tish. The joke circulating is that it is reminiscent of Nes Chanuka. You eat one & it burns 8 days
The significance of the 5th night is that it never occurs on shabbos.
An interesting point is that the Lithuanian philosophy needs justification but the Frankfurter philosophy needs no justification.
Here is the original story as appeared in the Los Angeles Times.
April 06, 1998|MICHELLE MALTAIS | TIMES STAFF WRITER
For most of his life, wearing his yarmulke has not been an issue.
Every morning at 7, Baruch Cohen attends temple down the street from his home. Whenever he appears in court or meets with a client, a black yarmulke is atop his head.
For Cohen, wearing the Jewish skullcap is as natural as wearing a shirt. The yarmulke, he said, is a constant reminder that “there’s a God above.”
The 35-year-old Los Angeles bankruptcy lawyer said he is descended from 80 generations of rabbis and is fervent about his religious convictions. But as a student at Southwestern Law School, his resolve was challenged.
In his final year, he was granted a job interview that was “light-years ahead” of his class ranking, Cohen said. “Everyone said: ‘Don’t wear the yarmulke. It will ruin your chances.’ “
After much soul-searching, he consulted with his rabbi and received special dispensation to remove the skullcap.
At the interview, he was greeted by a lawyer with a black velvet yarmulke perched neatly on his head, traditional locks tucked out of sight, whose first question was, “Where is your yarmulke?” Cohen said. “I felt like a betrayer.”
Since then, he has refused to compromise in observing his Jewish traditions.
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why are fruits assciated with the mizbeiach?
At a guess it could be the bikkurim: ?????? ???? ???? ??? ??????
I never had a jelly doughnut flavored by one of the 7 species (other than wheat but that doesn’t count).
So while Rashi may have had ruach hakodesh, it was not a high enough level of prophesy to identify defective texts.
What would be the point of that? We don’t reconcile the text based on ruach hakodesh, we base our text on our mesorah (and on majority), the same way that Rashi did.
210 grams at 14k gold contains 122.5 grams of gold.
122.5 grams is about 3.6 ounces.
3.6 ounces at $1364.20 is $4211.12.
Just about any retailer who deals with items that depreciate quickly has a similar policy.
This is the same price as the Apple store’s Black Friday pricing. And just because they don’t collect sales tax doesn’t excuse you from paying the use tax.
Yom Kippur. Tisha Bav when it occurs on Sunday.