☕ DaasYochid ☕

real-brisker,

Thank you.

I think we have to understand that these are subtle sensitivities which can be difficult to articulate, and not everyone will have them. If someone does not feel this way, it does not mean that there’s any reason to chas v’sholom look down at them. I don’t mean that you do, just that people seem to be very sensitive to any “stringent” opinion as a put-down, even if it’s only meant to share one’s thoughts.

“I also found that paying less for milk that goes sour quickly is not really a bargain.”

my daughter & I have found the opposite to be true. Emes seems to stay well, but Golden Flow seems to go bad faster… that’s our experience.

Are you buying them in the same store, and with the same expiration time (meaning # of days from purchase to exp. date)?

gavra_at_work,

L’Hagdil Torah.

Because the RBSO said “learn my Torah”.

And this way the Olam knows the issues involved, whether they use it or not.

I appreciate your opening this thread, and your reasons for doing so.

Unfortunately, some people seem to feel that if someone expresses an opinion in halacha, it’s just to degrade anyone who disagrees or follows a different opinion.

something tells me if someone was to open a kosher KFC, Burger King, Dominos etc. In Broklyn there would be a lot of paying customers…people like what they can’t or don’t have, giving them a “kosher” access to the forbiden is a good business decesion….

I agree; I suspect that this also relates to part of the hashkafic issues that some have. If putting a famous name on a restaurant would improve the taste of the food, that would be one thing. I think, though that people are buying into the mass PR campaigns, and the attraction is not the taste, but the fact that now we can have what the rest of the world has. I think that this is unhealthy (besides all the fat!), a kind of collective low self esteem.

When Subway in Brooklyn opened, some people told me that it was no better than any previous kosher deli (which might be why it eventually closed).

As a marketing ploy, it might be great to get people in, but the food’s got to be good at the right price for any place to stay in business.

newhere,

I think that you and I are using the term “kula” differently than others. Apparently, many feel that the term “kula” implies that the person utilizing it is a “kal”. I certainly do not use it that way, and it seems to me that you don’t either.

clearly rashi (interpreting the gemoro) ascribes a keener understanding of halacha to the meikel.

The meikel perforce has a keen understanding, but not necessarily more than the machmir. Rash”i that writes the power of the osrim is merely not a proof. But still possible. Would you say that in the many cases that R’ Moshe Zt”l was machmir, he had a less keen understanding? (rhetorical question)

I have to research ??????, off the top of my head, it’s specific to that ????.

See for example, ???? ????? on ??? where he makes it clear that the ?????? went out of their way to find a ???? because of the tremendous difficulty involved.

As far as agunos, ??? ?? ??? ???? ????? ???!

After 20+ years, and dozens of meals out

That’s (relatively) not that often; no wonder it’s exciting!

Real-Brisker, any object in the world can be used for good or for bad purposes. I can use a pencil to write divrei torah, and I can use the same pencil to poke someone in the eye…The tool is a tool. Internet? Can be used for horrible things. Can also be a powerful tool for the good. One day Moshiach’s arrival will be the top story on every website in the world.

Yes, but the yetzer hora for the bad things online is very, very, strong.

ROB, the problem with the chumros is when people begin to believe the chumrah IS the halacha, and that the kula is clearly an avoidance loophole to get out of doing the REAL halacha (which I know for a fact is the negative connotation several posters in the CR think, when they hear “kula”).

How do you decide what is a chumra and what is a kula? I categorize it by learning the sugya and determining what the halacha should be according to the normal rules of p’sak. A chumra is when one is more stringent than necessary, a kula is when one follows a (legitimate) lenient opinion which, although not “standard” (I know, that word is much too vague) can be relied on in case of need. Both (IMO) are often abused.

I’m not sure how anyone can know “for a fact” what someone else is thinking, especially if they don’t say it.

look in “beitzah” ‘bais amud bais” rashi on “koach deheteira odif”

That has no bearing on our discussion. You are implying that it is better to follow a p’sak which is more lenient; Rash”i is saying that one needs more expertise to issue a lenient p’sak, but that does not mean that any stringent p’sak comes from ignorance, chas v’shalom!

R’feivel Kohn did an unbelievable job job in writing “Badei Hashulchan” (trying to follow the mishne berurah’s example).

I specifically meant in ?”? in the ??????? s.v. ???? ????? ????. He discusses the issue of how common fake dairy is today compared to the times of the ??”? and ?”?.

Shticky Guy (I’m addressing you because you’re on my side of the mechitzah),

We’ll know if eclipse is working under a new assumed alias if a new member is opening new threads every 2 minutes (or more, as needed).

Thank you mod, and thank you real-brisker.

Feif Un,

If someone came to your house, and you offered them a coffee with milk, and they said they were makpid on cholov yisroel, would you give them Guida’s milk and say that it was cholov yisroel?

If you are babysitting, and they say to take drinks, does that include the whiskey?

Remind me not to let my daughter babysit in your house.

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I’m very upset that you left out cookie monster 🙁

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What’s blockquote?

This.

What abbout all the people who use non dairy creamer in their coffee/tea after a fleshich meal?How is this OK?

A few reasons.

1) Very prevalent (more than cheese), although the ??? ????? is not certain of this heter.

2) If in private, according to many poskim it’s okay if the maris ayin is relating to a d’rabbonon. Many caterers only serve non-dairy creamer in the original packaging since this heter does not apply in a public setting.

3) The artificial dairy is not actually mixed with the meat as it is in the case of meat in almond milk (and Subway sandwiches). This is my own distinction; I have not seen it in the poskim.

4) If the meat is no longer around (tables were cleared) there would be additional grounds to be lenient.

A. I don’t have to figure that at all.

Then who do you think did? (typical Jewish response – a question with a question)

B. Even if so, have you ever heard anyone lain Tehillim with the trup?

No

C. Even if you did, how do you know the tune used for the trup then is the same as is used today?

N/A

My point was that he probably did write music, not that I ever heard it, although I can only imagine that it was spectacular.

I think wanderingchana makes a great point (not sure if you caught it)- why would it be called Mizmor if it was not a musical composition? Many kapitlach begin “Mizmor” or “Lam’natzeiach” (to the conductor). Then again, maybe the m’natzeiach wrote the trup?

Nobody mentioned Carlebach yet!

Wolf,

You’ve got to figure that since Dovid Hamelech wrote the lyrics, he must have written the trop also!

@iyhbyu,

@daas yochid-

That’s the most common way to reply to someone on the internet.

Thank you.

Also, I’m no posek, but the people who work for the hashgachas are.

As I mentioned, they do feel that they have something to rely on. But bear two things in mind; if a restaurant can’t get a certain hashgocha because of a particular issue, they can keep on searching until they find one which will go along with it, and the Rav Hamachshir is not necessarily my posek or yours. It’s important to be educated about the various issues in kashrus so that we can know what to ask our own poskim.

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eclipse,

We have friend who had their apartment “bombed” for bedbugs but they’ve been clean for months now. I would say even more so if you’re moving in your own (clean) belongings.

I don’t blame you at all for not wanting bugs; do you think I want them?!