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  • in reply to: Hi I’m back 3.0 #2355309
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Another question: you wrote “You won’t believe it but most of Lubavitch is more infected with Amalek on this topic”.

    Which beliefs do some fellow Lubavitchers have which, in your opinion, are caused by being infected with Amalek?

    in reply to: Hi I’m back 3.0 #2355123
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    CS, you realize that those answers are vague

    “Instead of Hashem”
    That wasn’t qualified. Sounds like you might think c”v he is Hashem.

    “Again PB TANYA”
    Please explain if that changes the simple meaning of what you said.

    “Yes and no. Depends what planet you live on”

    We are on Planet Earth. Now please answer the question.

    in reply to: Hi I’m back 3.0 #2355124
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    “they’re pretty close minded unfortunately. But they have the same sources as I do so I’m hoping they’ll actually learn how to read and think critically like me”

    Maybe it’s the reverse.

    in reply to: Daas Torah and the Hostage Deal #2354277
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    I didn’t see the article and certainly didn’t hear what the Rosh Yeshiva said (and don’t even know which RY is being referred to), but I am beyond skeptical that he said not to be נושא בעול עם חברו.

    in reply to: Hi I’m back 3.0 #2354274
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    You didn’t answer philosopher’s questions.
    Just saying…

    in reply to: Friday of Chukas Attack #2351399
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    YungermanS/Mashiach Agent, are you retracting your error?

    in reply to: Tuition Pricing #2351361
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    The way parsonage is used in yeshivas is that taxes are not withheld from a certain amount of rabbi’s paycheck to cover his housing expenses. He does not need to live on campus.

    What eddiee said is correct, that for the most part the schools using FACTS and similar programs do take all income and expenses into account.

    in reply to: Is TAG (Technology Awareness Group) a not-for-profit business? #2339189
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Are there any free filters that are effective for Windows, Android and/or iOS?

    Depends what you mean by effective.

    You get what you pay for. The only decent ones cost money.

    in reply to: Is TAG (Technology Awareness Group) a not-for-profit business? #2339188
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Does Hatzalah charge for their services?

    You the one of the few examples of mosdos that are able to survive on only donations. Most don’t.

    Shuls charge membership, yeshivos and Bais Yaakov charge tuition, mikvaos have fees, and in a similar vein, kosher food costs more, tzitzis, tefillin, shaitels and other items required for frum life are also not free.

    We want people to go to shul, get a Torah education, do mitzvos and keep the Torah. Yet these things are all not free (some are subsidized and there are tzedakah funds to help, but they’re not free).

    I think your complaint against TAG is very unfair.

    in reply to: ‘No Hat, No Jacket, No Davening?’: A Shul’s Sign Challenges Unity #2338652
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    You lost track of what the discussion is about.

    It’s a about a chassidishe minyan factory in Lakewood.

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    A shul has no right to ban someone just because they’re not wearing a hat and/or jacket.

    Of course they do. If you want to daven there, bring a hat and jacket and respect their rules.

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    For someone who doesn’t wear a hat regularly, he doesn’t apply this.

    Obviously, since what does he gain by davening b’yechidus if he anyhow doesn’t wear a hat and jacket!

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Not sure why a story about shul’s policy about hat and jacket became a discussion about possible kulos to not wear them.

    It’s their policy to insist mispallelim wear them. You don’t like it, go somewhere else or bring your hat and jacket.

    For some context, it’s a chassidishe minyan factory in Lakewood, and probably 99% of the people who daven there to chap a minyan during the week wear hats and jackets on Shabbos. It’s not about excluding people with a different haskafah at all.

    in reply to: Why do regular ol’ chicken eggs need a hechsher? #2317373
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Some people here have a chip on their shoulder requiring them to find fault with anyone too religious for their likings.

    Hard to disagree when someone makes an issue out of a non-issue

    in reply to: Hatzulas Nefashos vs. Hatzalah #2317372
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Because they want people to live, not die…

    in reply to: Hatzulas Nefashos vs. Hatzalah #2317211
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Besides, why would Hatzalah mind if others step up to the plate

    Because less experienced responders could lead to bad outcomes ch”v

    in reply to: Why do regular ol’ chicken eggs need a hechsher? #2317210
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Who says they do?

    in reply to: Hatzulas Nefashos vs. Hatzalah #2313479
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    In the long run, competition will force Hatzalah to be at the top of their game.

    In the short term, Hashem yishmor from the bad outcomes which would seem likely when there’s an inexperienced organization responding to serious medical emergencies.

    in reply to: Who’s Worse: Democrats or Hamas? #2285332
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    The idea that there’s any comparison between Democrats and Hamas is completely ludicrous.

    I’m not a fan of Democrats (or Republicans for that matter), but they are not actively trying to kill us

    in reply to: Who’s Worse: Democrats or Hamas? #2285330
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Whole thing. Responded to the second line to make my point.

    in reply to: Who’s Worse: Democrats or Hamas? #2285243
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Anyways it’s a comparison between apples and oranges

    Don’t be ridiculous. Apples are much more similar to oranges than Democrats are to Hamas

    in reply to: Who’s Worse: Democrats or Hamas? #2282983
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Because if Democrats were even 10% as bad as Hamas we’d all be dead

    in reply to: Who’s Worse: Democrats or Hamas? #2282811
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    What a stupid thread. It’s okay to make a point through exaggeration, but this is way over the top.

    in reply to: Ethics and Entenmann’s #2262107
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Square, i disagree with the description of eggs on whatever list that’s from – scientists go back and forth every year or so on whether or not egg yolks are bad, if they increase “bad” cholesterol, or if they’re actually very healthy. The “one egg a day” idea is also constantly changing and is pretty outmoded. Eggs are a good source of protein if nothing else.

    Yes, eggs are healthy.

    The original study showing eggs cause high cholesterol was funded by the Cereal Board. At least thats what Atkins claimed in his book 🙂

    in reply to: Ethics and Entenmann’s #2262106
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Avira, you ask whether I’m sufficiently convinced of my understanding of Chazal, Rishonim and science to stake my Olam Habo on my beliefs. Just so we’re clear, the answer is yes.

    Big mistake. Someone who can make the egregious error of thinking the Ibn Ezra wouldn’t know a Gemara is totally unqualified to have an opinion on these matters.

    in reply to: Ethics and Entenmann’s #2262094
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Kashrus organizations are for the purpose of determining that the ingredients don’t contain foods and/or byproducts of the foods (fish/meats etc) enumerated in Torah shebeK’sav and Baal Peh to be impure/unfit (in the common vernacular “treif”) as well as basar b’cholov.

    If you want to know what’s healthy see a doctor.

    They wouldn’t allow a mixture of fish and meat to be sold.

    That’s a sakana issue.

    However, something which doesn’t reach the level of sakana, but is “unhealthy” is okay to eat in moderation for most people, so it’s okay to give a hechsher. How much to eat and who should avoid these foods entirely is indeed a discussion one should have with their doctor, but is not the hechsher’s responsibility.

    in reply to: Ethics and Entenmann’s #2262085
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    If someone steals their food, does that make it non-kosher?

    One would hope that a hechsher wouldn’t certify a store selling stolen food

    in reply to: BY girl struggling #2259293
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Coffee addict, not a raya one way or another.

    in reply to: What Happened To All My Sillinesses? #2259294
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    The posts aren’t gone, you can still read them in the thread.
    But, yeah, bummer.

    in reply to: BY girl struggling #2259093
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Wtsp: I’m glad you’re getting the help you need from those helping you.

    You should not blame the schools, these types of issues are not discussed publicly by design. Now that you’re struggling, it may be hard for you to understand, but hopefully in a few years you’ll understand that dealing with it publicly would cause more harm than benefit.

    in reply to: BY girl struggling #2259092
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Commonsaychel, your posts calling out every thread as troll are getting tiresome, and more importantly, in the cases you’re wrong (and there’s no way for you to know how many times you’ve been wrong) it’s likely very hurtful.

    in reply to: Can we please fix the Coffee Room? #2258496
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    The instructions given is unclear for a computer programer as myself.

    It has nothing to do with computer programming. There’s a website which archives the internet.

    in reply to: Ethics and Entenmann’s #2258501
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Back to the OP, it’s pretty ridiculous to say it’s a problem to give a hechsher to products which most people can eat in moderation without any health risks.

    in reply to: @CTLAWYER #2258019
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Just refer to your new wife as “my wife” instead of “Mrs. CTL”.

    in reply to: @CTLAWYER #2256488
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Mazel tov!

    in reply to: Can we please fix the Coffee Room? #2254885
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Please?

    in reply to: A Chasidus without a present Rebbe #2253004
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    the rebbe clearly said there wont be another rebbe

    If that’s true, then this is is all his fault.

    in reply to: New refrigerator #2247517
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    No, GH, not analogous.

    in reply to: Joe, I need your help here #2247513
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    The comparison of household income of Teaneck vs. Lakewood is highly flawed.

    CS made the valid point that the Lakewood firm community has spIlled over into adjacent townships.

    There are other flaws in the comparison, though, as well.

    What are the average ages of the heads of household? I would think Lakewood’s would be younger because of the constant influx from BMG bochurim who get married. Obviously, the longer people are in the workforce, the more they typically earn, so without these numbers, the comparison is unfair.

    Even more important is that Lakewood has a large population of non Jewish low income families, which (correct me if I’m wrong) isn’t the case in Teaneck.

    For the purpose of this discussion, one would need to compare frum families. Are there any statistics on that?

    in reply to: Catskill busses #2210035
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Bussted!

    in reply to: Dreaming About Listening to Music During the Three Weeks #2209404
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Refuah sheleimah, Wolf.

    in reply to: Question of an ignorant, closed-minded Lubavitcher #2204587
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    The answer to the OP is that, no, it’s not a common discussion among Litvaks.

    The simplest explanation for why it’s a popular discussion on the CR is because it’s controversial, with passionate opinions on both sides, and that’s what generates interest and responses on the CR

    in reply to: Problem with Melech HaMashiach from the Dead #2203393
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Whether or not debunking the Rebbe being Moshiach is sinas chinom probably depends on the intent of the poster, and I don’t think it’s fair to judge someone’s intent as malicious unless it’s obvious.

    in reply to: Problem with Melech HaMashiach from the Dead #2203391
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    It may be a “only” a shtus, but it’s a dangerous and harmful one.

    Still, the OP’s tayna doesn’t work – the false moshiach is still alive, so why would he need Moshiach min hameisim as a defense? Hrs not taynaing anything after he died.

    I personally find Redleg’s tayna more compelling than the OP’s. Still more compelling is the fact that until the Rebbe’s petirah, the idea of Moshiach coming from the dead was never accepted as a mainstram position in Klal Yisroel, even in Chabad/Lubavitch. That’s why his petirah was so devastating to those who believed he was definitely Moshiach – because it totally didn’t fit the narrative. Some of those who couldn’t wrap their heads around the fact the Rebbe wasn’t Moshiach retrofit their hashkafa around his petirah, finding sources which may or may not support the notion – but at most those sources had the status of a daas yochid (bracing for comments about my screen name).

    in reply to: The most pressing issue facing the Jewish community in 2023 #2203039
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Must be whether or not there’s a Posek Hador.

    in reply to: Posek HaDor #2202676
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    DaasYochid: imitation is the best flattery.

    I didn’t know that the words imitation and mocking were synonymous.

    @DaasYochid Nope. Which is why we’re arguing about it in our free time in CR, instead of taking out ads in the Yated and posting petchkvilim to shul bulletin boards.

    See above

    in reply to: Kollel life with no parental support #2201559
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Maybe the conmen earn more than honest people.

    Seriously, cost of living is high, even on a simple level. Most families need two incomes. This was true 20 years ago as well, maybe less so 30-40 years ago.

    in reply to: Out Of The Mailbag: Jewish Kindness #2201557
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    So? Did it wear off?

    in reply to: Posek HaDor #2201544
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Is this the most important issue facing Klal Yisroel in 2023?

    in reply to: Chabad Inspires all Jews to Yearn for Mashiach #2195251
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    What about Rav Shach

    And R’ Aharon.

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