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Many people believe in magic, just look at the huge success of Chabad fundraising.
ROB, do you think they would still believe that there is “fire” in the wires, or was it their mistaken belief concerning this fact?
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Even while Rav Moshe’s s’varah for allowing gas to be turned OFF totally on Yom Tov (and thereby the flame is gone), should also apply to Shabbos; he was never matir to do it on Shabbos.
In addition, we have no Rav Moshe today in the global sense that if he said the Kosher-Switch was permitted, Poskim/Rabbonim would pay attention.
It wasn’t that long ago when recognized Poskim mistakenly paskined that using electric appliances on Yom Tov was allowed (fire-aish was in the wires they believed) and indeed large populations of yidden (including Chasidim) followed this Psak. So here we have a precedent for Yom Tov use of the Kosher Switch for lights and appliances.
Thanks for the lookup. I don’t think I would have gotten to it. I did get a lot of flack several years ago when the flame discussion came up and I provided the sources at that time.
I was not advocating the kosher switch, just opening the discussion to show the flip side. But I wonder how it felt to those who first used the Brooklyn eruv knowing that Rav Moshe opposed it. Even if it was ok, like eating kosher chazir?
But now it is more or less tolerated.
And what about zilzul Pesach with the myriads of products that resemble chometz,i.e. pizza and macaroni?
And leaving our homes for luxury hotels..afterall, top Rabbonim and Rosh Yeshivas are on the marquis. What’s the message to those who can not afford it?
And the latest thing is leaving your shul and Rav and renting beach houses in Florida for Pesach. My goodness! This is not Zilzul of the Yom Tov?
Joseph, as was just posted in another thread, the main reason for the so called shidduch/divorce crisis today is that most girls are educated, pleasant, innocent and naive while the boys are either exceptional and are reserved while still an adolescent, or for the most part, they are self-centered obnoxious know-it-all babies and in many cases have some kind of secret addiction.
Joseph, the main reason for the so called shidduch/divorce crisis today is that most girls are educated, pleasant, innocent and naive while the boys are either exceptional and are reserved while still an adolescent, or for the most part, they are self-centered obnoxious know-it-all babies and in many cases have some kind of secret addiction.
DY, your smart and this is not a hard one. With a little effort, you can find the sources. If I have time when I get home tonight, I’ll look it up for you; othewise, next week b’n.
Rav Moshe only allowed a timer for lights since the timer takes the place of the goy and traditionally goyim lit the lamps for yidden on Shabbos so that they would not have to be in the dark. This is why candles are lit erev shabbos; for shalom bayis.
Rav Moshe’s psak was not a secret and had nothing to do with zilzul or food. It was concerning the definition of kibui, i.e, the difference between smothering and withholding fuel.
Grape vines are included in the brocha; they are not ready yet.
The first thing (and most difficult) thing to do when you get a summons for any kind of violation is to pay it immediately. This will stop any increases in fines which will accrue like a cancer. In all probability, at the end of the day, you won’t fight the summons.
And if you do, you will likely lose.
It is not worth the many times the ticket original amount that you will end up paying (not to mention the tire boot and towing of your car).
You can always fight your case after you pay and get a refund in the unlikelihood that you win.
When the state of affairs calls for ending the marriage, it is a mitzvah to divorce. I hardly think that a mitzvah would bring on a heart attack.
Same with the Shabbos Mode oven; while Poskim can disagree, you can’t put down the numerous Poskim who endorse it and the programed technology that permit its use halachically on Shabbos and Yom Tov: Shabbos- use of warming drawer for food left in it before Shabbos; oven lights are cut off; 12 hour turn off is cut off. Yom Tov- temperature and other oven displays are gone; 12 hour turn off is cut off. It seems that zilzul Shabbos is not an issue to the Poskim that are matir the Star K (Rav Heinemann) Shabbos Mode oven.
And what about Rav Moshe Feinstein’s chidush and Psak that one can even turn OFF a gas range completely on Yom Tov, l’chatchila! Shocking? Well, many thousands of his talmidim, his family, and those from the lower East Side do it. It seems that zilzul Shabbos was not an issue to Rav Moshe when he felt there was a valid halachic reason to permit it; while the use of Shabbos clocks for the most part were problematic.
Joseph, if you can’t trust your own Rav’s kashrus on Pesach or your relative’s kashrus on Pesach (that is what real not mishing means), then what is the reason for allowing it when it’s not Pesach (such as, shalach manos on Purim or eating at simcha events)?
Easiest way is to use an electric steam machine; quick, inexpensive, not messy, hotter than boiled water.
It’s also like giving tzedaka to a poor hungry non-religious Jew so that he can buy some food, knowing that he will use it to buy a ham sandwich; or even if you give him kosher food but he will not wash or make a bracha on it.
Bottom line is, as much as you don’t want to, you $give the smoker.
Anyone here know the purpose of a blech? Is it really necessary? What happens if you don’t have one? Oomis, what is the reason for covering the knobs? What does kli sh’lishi have to do with a blech?
Besides fashion and style, what is the difference between a Chasidishe Rebbe and a Rav of a kehilla?
Wealthier? Not based on the percentage of groceries paid by Benefits card in Williamsburg and Boro Park. Also, not according to Met Council numbers.
Pay more taxes? Don’t make me laugh.
There is special makeup with hashgacha that allows someone to apply it on their animals on Shabbos. But most poskim don’t hold by it so ask your Rav first. Let me know what he says.
Not the Yiden in Boro Park or Williamsburg.
New York City/State government is the largest source of funds for chesed obtained by Yiden in the world outside of Israel.
Take a long shower.
I heard it at various shiurim. I believe the Rambam, for one, states this.
Joseph, if my memory serves me right, this was a revisit, almost exactly, of a thread you started several years ago.
Your desperate situation calls for positive immediate action on your part to help your wife and yourself.
Move to Boro Park near Maimonides Hospital and go on public assistance. You will get your rent paid and food stamps and Tomchei Shabbos and aides for your wife. In addition you and your wife can eat out for free at the Masbia restaurants every meal. Declare bankruptcy and erase your debts. If you still need to supplement your income, there are dozens of shuls and simcha halls where you can collect funds from generous Yiden.
And you won’t be alone as there are many who do this. Go to any grocery store in Boro Park and you will observe most purchases are done with a Benefits card.
Get hooked up to a shul with a Rav and shiurim and your set.
Let me know if you need more info, but do this immediately.
Imagine that witnesses to an event are testifying in bais din and the judges ask them for the color of the women’s dress and they have conflicting testimony; one says blue and the other says white.
The judges are caucusing and discussing the color of the dress and they also get into a disagreement as to the dress color and, as a result, which witness to believe.
The only movies with a storyline worth seeing and were permitted to us are from a molegeh tzeit (long ago) and are in black and white.
There are many references in our Torah of biblical heroes and ancestors who were super strong. And they don’t acquire those muscles by sitting in the Bais Medrash or by doing Mitzvos.
Years ago the CR was a place where one could intelligently joust and exchange various views on issues in serious or humorous posts. The CR was jammed with fantastic posters. Most of those posters are gone, having been turned off by having their posts deleted. One feels that you have to walk on eggshells when posting so not to be deleted.
While it’s true that many are turned off when their posts are deleted only because they are original and intelligent but do not conform to the mod’s own opinions; but the main reason is that the Coffee Room has become very borrring.
Every legitimate hashgacho that I know of has had unintentional mishaps except for the Triangle K under Rabbi Ralbag; Rabbonim have tried to trip them up but have not been able to.
Most Jews are not fluent in Loshon Hakodesh; that does not disprove it from it being holy.
If Moshe Rabeinu were to come down and give a drasha in Loshon Hakodesh, I would understand nothing but his drasha would still be holy.
Concerning the Eli51 post above: Whether someone relies on a specific (Orthodox) hashgacha or not is a personal issue and is not a reason to disparage the Rav or hashgacha; especially in public. What is reliable to one person is not necessarily reliable to another.
Many people feel that the large national hashgachos are the best and will not touch the heimeshe ones and others have an opposite view. If it was me who posted above, I would seek mechila from Rabbi Mehlman.
Yiddish is the language of Jews as the word implies; to the exclusion of the Goy.
No Goy speaks Yiddish or Lashon Hakodesh as a first language, however, Ivrit and English are spoken by Goyim as a first language. This puts Yiddish on a higher level of holiness than other languages except for Lashon Hakodesh.
I believe that Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Herschel Schachter, who is a Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS, is a das yochid in maintaining that all milk in America, both cholov yisroel and choloc stam, is TRIEF.
Funny that the parents and grandparents of today’s holy chasidim imbibed TREIF milk before cholov yisroel became easily available in first New York City and then the rest of large American cities (late 60’s and early 70’s).
During those years, all yeshivos- both chasidish and litvish- served cholov stam. Thank Noach Dear for bringing prices down in New York City and Rabbi Yoseph Tendler for pushing cholov yisroel in Baltimore.
When traveling, G’dolim in America were known to be machmir and have coffee served to them at rest stops in paper cups but did not forbid coffee served in china cups to others.
Those were the years my friend.
“even Rav Moshe says it should only be eaten in a shas hadchak and that a “baal nefesh” shouldn’t eat cholov stam.”
Rav Moshe would never matir TREIF in a shas hadchak or allow someone who is not a “baal nefesh” to eat TREIF. So certainly Rav Moshe held chalav stam was kosher in all instances.
However, everything else being equal, i.e., there are two containers of milk in front of you; one is cholov yisroel and one is cholav stam, Rav Moshe suggested that you go lifnei m’shuras hadin and drink the cholav yisroel. But if the chalav stam is freash and the cholav yisroel is not, or the cholav yisroel is finished, he permitted to drink the cholav stam…l’chatchila.
A Rav or Rebbe normally has his own K’hillah and does not leave them.
Just behave and stick with your own.
“Most instant soup sold in the USA is manufactured domestically.”
Where did you get this information?
Yiden ought to daven with their Rav and it’s a shame that the people going to Uman do not have a warm Rav to be with.
We ought to be directing our concerns and resources toward illnesses that affect Yidden.
“Your assertion that no such individual exists is flat out wrong, and is a dangerous attack on the neshamos of thousands of as-yet not frum Jews.”
Whatever that means.
What I stated was not the politically correct thing, but it is the truth. And those people you are talking about, will have the opportunity to become and remain ba’alei tshuvah via Hashem’s choosing and their own convictions. The Baking Challah and Eating Chulant Project is not going to do it.
It’s a dead issue.
Show me one person who became frum as a result of a kiruv organization/project who would not have done it without the organization’s involvement. That person does not exist. However, these groups are helpful once the individual finds interest in frumkeit on their own, via other means.
I think shopping at Pomegranate is a luxury. If I were on the tuition committee I’d wonder how someone can ask for a reduction and yet do the following: Pomegranate; summer Catskills; Pesach hotel; Chalamoed entertainment; summer camp; seminary in Israel; leased car; Borsalino hats; smart phones; cable; eating out; ordering in; to name a few. Hardly necessities and we didn’t have them years ago.
Oomis, somehow the bills get/got paid, so its only the fear caused by uncertainty that “brings uphappiness”. But all that worry is for naught because we are all still around; fed, with family and a roof over our heads. As the g’mara says: it’s better to be pursued than the pursuer.
In most cases, wealth is an addiction; you cannot get enough of it to satisfy and cannot, as a result, be happy.
Unfortunately, their marriages last just as long.
So smart, yet so stupid.
Find a mate who is a yiras shamayim and look no further. You will have a good marriage.