Derech HaMelech

I always heard that it was “kabbalistic” reasons. But that answer is always vague and who knows if its true. Also, I have heard the opposite, that the reason why Sephardim don’t have black lines is because (I think it’s) the Bais Yosef paskens that the tzitzis have to be the same color as the beged.

I actually like your first reason though. And even though today priests don’t do it, once we start a custom we don’t stop it even the reason is no longer present. Minhag avoseinu byadeinu.

lesschumras:

Lesschumras’ post was deleted, as well as quotes of it

Your question implies that Torah can’t protect. So here is the gemarah in Sotah 21a

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and later on the daf…

??? ??? ???? ?????? ????? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ??? ???? ?? ????? ???? ????? ?? ???? ???? ??? ?????? ????? ?? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ?? ????? ???? ????? ?? ????

So obviously the zchus of Torah did protect them. So you have to say, as much as the zchus of Torah protected them, there was still that many more gzeiros out. But had it not been for the protection that they did have, it would have been all the more worse.

It will be easier to get serious comments in your threads if you get your Caps Lock button fixed. If there’s nothing stuck under the key, it might be time to get a new keyboard.

but I think I need the doctor to actually tell me that I have that so I can explain to the people who do not realize that they are causing it by constantly yelling at me why they need to leave me alone a bit more often and let me do my own thing (when people tell me what to do- it tends to stress me out, also having to confront pet peeves 24/7 also stresses me out

Someone one time pointed this out to me and even though I never realized it, it’s really very obvious. There is no such thing as a stressful situation. The stress is only a reaction that you have to an event (or person). It’s all in your head. we spend a lot of time reinforcing the idea that if someone yells at us, our response should be to become stressed. But the reality is that we can choose how we want to react. We are people, we can control ourselves.

I would also say to stay away from spicy foods, fried foods, and anything else you might enjoy until it passes. And try to focus more on getting rid of your stress. Try to pick up a relaxation technique or two. Chances are, this is psychosomatic. When you can become more relaxed, this too shall pass.

Is it bigger than a bread box I remember is also one of them, but the first question is if its animal, vegetable or mineral.

That’s also how the toy works. I bought it for my younger brother once and its uncanny how it almost always gets it right.

A better question is what bracha is said for a papaya.

Well we can ask him… papaya_bar abba, what do you say?

Can someone help me find that article within the past year here on YWN about the Israeli who was worried about Chareidim taking over the country and forcing the Chilonim into the diaspora?

rebdoniel: See Talmud Yerushalmi Chagigah 1:7 that starts

Simcha613: I don’t think you can compare going off to work with joining the army. A person goes off to work and has some say about the environment he chooses to put himself into. If the environment is too physically or spiritually dangerous, he can leave. And most importantly a person who works can become a machzik haTorah retaining his connection to Torah and adding to the Torah that is being learned.

None of those things can be said for someone who joins the army.

mdd: A person with a sick brother who won’t go to the doctor. Do you tell him not to take his brother because his deluded brother will resent him?

Do you keep an eye out for atheists who might see you expressing your identity to a Stone Age religion?

Do you minimize the amount of children you have and send them to public school rather than take money from the government because your and your spouses jobs just aren’t enough and you know what the goyim will think…?

No you don’t. You do what you have to do in the face of others’ erroneous beliefs. Because ultimately, it’s the right thing to do.

Naftush: I really didn’t get the point you were trying to make.

Naftush: It is nice that you have found elements in contemporary Israeli society to praise. But that is not reason enough to loose sight of the ultimate issue.

Walking along many of the streets of the holiest city in the world, one cannot but be struck by the complete lack of tznius that is found there. And if this is true in Yerushalayim, how much more so in Tel Aviv. The two bastions of Israeli society. Even there in our ‘Jewish’ country, on the night of December 31 thousands of Israelis get dressed up (or down really) and rush off to get drunk in celebration of “Silvester” (named for Pope Silvester I).

Yes, there E”Y is a beautiful land. And many Israelis make huge advancements in a number of fields such as medicine and technology. But would you risk releasing your children to a society that places goyish ideology at their helm in the hope that they are not attracted to the evils that lurk around almost every corner? Do you think your teenage son can walk down the streets of Tel Aviv on a summer day and come back to you the same as he left?

Leyzer: I’ve been in a number of kollelim in E’Y and you are right, there are those that spend more time in the coffee room then in the beis medrish.

The question is, what’s the cut-off point? Let’s say it’s difficult for someone to learn 8 hours a day, but he can do 6 or 4. Is his 4 hours of Torah learning worthy enough in your eyes to keep him in kollel? How about someone who can get 2 hours of learning? Is the zchus of two strong hours of learning b’ritzifus adequate to keep him in kollel? How about the guy who can do 8 hours but he constantly needs breaks every 15 min or half an hour. How can you quantify or qualify the amount of learning a person does to judge whether he should be given the opportunity to learn Torah?

And let’s say you make the cut-off at 4 hours – someone who can’t learn for 1 full seder should go to the army. Now what happens to the guy who can plug away for 3 hours? How will he make up that time every day while he’s training in the army or while he’s sitting in Gaza? Do you imagine that he will be able to maintain a strong 3 hours under those conditions even if he did have the time?

So do you throw out 70% of the kolleleit so that you make sure you catch all the serious non-learners, or do you keep them all in so that maybe even they will pick up a sefer once in a while.

Which is more important: an hour of Torah study or 3 years of army service?

Honestly mods, I think there should be some posting rules when it comes to slighting someone like R’ Elyashiv. Anyone who has the chutzpah to speak bad about R’ Elyashiv on “Yeshivah World” should find a different forum.

Zahavasdad, I don’t care what your problem is with chareidim. You’re sad, but there will always be people out there like you. But this site is ostensibly meant to be for people associated with the “yeshivish world”. Someone who thinks they know better than Rav Elyashiv definitely doesn’t fall into that category. You might find company more appropriate for yourself on failedmessiah.

Parents- right away.

Everyone else- when it starts becoming obvious.

1. What is a doughnut? And how do you pronounce that: k?fn?t?

…also, please explain how it is more efficient to use more letters.

2. iz this a mor effishent form of comm 4 u?

3. “holiday”? Did you mean “vacation”?

4 What is “grouse”? I’ve never seen grice before.

5. The National Peeler Association will probably fight the requirement for that permit.

6. What is “roundabout”?

… also, what is “metric system”?

7. Since you are pricing gas to the dollar I assume we will be continuing to use the less stable dollar rather than the British Sterling?

8. What is “catsup”?

9. Should we start calling beer “beeur”?

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11. Research indicates that the name “soccer” began in England.

12. No baseball is no problem. No one watches it anyway anymore.

13. Only if you tell us the secret to not laughing at court dress.

14. “Monies”? munnies? monnies? mounies? I’m not getting it.

15. Can the American version of tea be replaced with coffee?

I used to have contacts. Like everyone is saying, they’ll usually be really dried out come morning and you’ll need to put them in the solution to rehydrate/clean them. The worst case scenario is that they get lost in your eyeball and you need to fish them out from where they’re hiding. I don’t think it’s dangerous, but it feels weird until you get it out.

1. In tougher economic times, I think it is easy to understand the forethought these tzeddaka organizations have, to offer greater incentives.

2. We live in a society of “more, more, more”. You can either get on the bandwagon or not, but you can’t blame the tzeddaaka organizations for working within the reality of the situation.

I didn’t even know there was a frum birthright. Or is frum relative in this situation?

I think the best way to deal with this is to daven facing a wall without anything between you and the wall. Then you close your eyes or look in the siddur for as much of davening as you can and try to concentrate on the words and to Whom you are standing to the exclusion of everything else. That will usually remedy the sickness you are feeling.

I have had this problem and when I speak to other people it seems that it doesn’t bother them as much. It seems to me that we both have fathers that are like that and maybe that makes us too sensitive to it. My way of handling it is to be terse and finish communications quickly so at to limit contact with the offending individual. That’s not necessarily the best way though.

The Chossid’s upper body doesn’t communicate with his lower self.

The Litvak’s mind is disconnected from his heart.

The Arab cuts off the critical thought processes of his upper brain so that it doesn’t get in the way of what he wants to do.

I agree with HaKatan. They are presenting a valid concern albeit through a means that you are uncomfortable with. I don’t think it is right to label them zealots because of the negative connotation of that word, although I do believe they are being zealous in their desire to keep the klal in the Beis Medrish. That’s not a bad thing. If no one would remind us where we are supposed to be, eventually we will forget.

To you they may appear uncivilized in their manner of protest. Unfortunately, the atmosphere in E”Y is such that this is the only way to really be heard by a community that doesn’t use media. But make no mistake, they are providing a service for the all of us.

Double daled. Although oddly, I wrap inward.

Do you either make your own wicks or use loosely twisted cotton ones? I think it just needs to be a little tight and not too long on top.