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I think it’s ridiculous to say that if someone is mekarev someone, they then have to support them financially.
I think the point was that you have to provide the person with the tools needed to finish the job without your assistance, unless you’re planning on being a permanent mentor.
An analogy would be teaching someone to drive a car, but omitting some details, such as how to turn on the headlights when it gets dark, or how to make left turns.
On the other hand, BTs find that the z’chus of teshuva gets amortized over the years, so eventually they feel very much like a stam Yid. They may still have a strong sense of bechira, but it’s very hard to transmit it to their children.
I’ve read that paragraph several times, but can’t quite figure out what it means.
Plus, if Hasheim made the weather hot, what right do we have to change that?
Wouldn’t that apply equally to cold weather?
Who has it easier, a “Baal tshuva” or a “frum from birth”?
What is “it”?
I solved the yichud problem by taking my convertible with the top down. Yes, she sat in the front passenger seat, this is no rear seat.
What if it had been raining?
Suppose you have a mechitza in the car?
When all cars are self-driving, maybe they’ll also help each other find parking spaces, and then do self–parking.
Being obligated in the mitzvos (which applies to every Jew without exception), and being criticized for failing to observe the mitzvos, are different things.
Another consideration is whether the person is in a position to influence other Jews. For example, a religious or secular leader, a teacher, or an author should be held to higher standards.
Once I was working with some Italians, and I helped myself to some of their Expresso. I thought it was just plain coffee, so I drank a normal sized cup of it. I didn’t sleep that night.
What would happen if insurance companies eliminated risk groups and simply charged everyone the same premium? Would that destroy the insurance industry?
prevent hilonim from falling the missionary groups traps.
The best protection against that is Torah education and observance.
Cats are more carnivorous than dogs, so they really don’t need chometz in their food.
Chometz isn’t in cat food for the cat’s benefit. It’s a cheap “filler” that reduces the manufacturer’s cost.
The problem with women drivers is not that they have accidents, but rather that they cause others to have accidents.
Local stores here sell powdered milk (Cholov Stam) for about the same price as “fresh” milk, if I buy a large package. A 64-ounce package costs $16 and makes 20 quarts; that’s $3.20/gallon.
3.2 ounces of powder makes one quart of liquid milk; 1/3 cup of powder makes one cup of liquid milk.
The great advantage is the shelf life. You can keep the powder on the shelf for years, and mix it with water as you need it.
Powdered CY milk was tried about 20 years ago. It did not sell well and has rarely been tried again.
That’s strange. Every grocery store I’ve seen has a good supply of kosher Cholov Stam powdered milk. It must sell adequately, or the stores wouldn’t have it on the shelves.
That said, chometz cat food is a bigger issue than dog food.
Humans don’t eat dog food. BUT, every few years you’ll see an article in the general newspapers about impoverished elderly people who buy canned cat food because they can’t afford human tuna, etc.
Are those two statements intended to be related? Surely, someone who eats cat food due to poverty will be unable to observe many mitzvos. Chometz-on-Pesach would not be at the top of the list of their transgressions.
The problem that started this topic would disappear if there were powdered CY milk. Why doesn’t this product exist?
CTLAWYER: Do you hate cats?
Suppose you first bake the flour in a hot oven to kill the bacteria?
I’m running out of pesach food options.
Matzah with tomato sauce, and potato vodka. What else do you need?
Oops.
When reviewing the laws about Pesach, I thought it said you were supposed to EAT your pets before the end of the fourth hour. 🙁
Could chametz penetrate the husk?
Wham-O (toy company)
Indian Head corn meal (The package has a drawing of the head of a “native American” with a feather headdress.)
From which country is a person who writes it with a “j”?
Maybe it’s a typo? The “h” and “j” are adjacent on the keyboard.
President Trump is behaving like a successful businessman, instead of a bureaucrat. If one of his employees isn’t doing the job properly, he gets rid of him.
A bureaucrat would simply shift the incompetent employee laterally, and hire more people.
Trump is exactly what the U.S. needs, after his predecessor spent eight years doing his best to dump the country into the sewer.
that is not a person we can trust to make good decisions about our leadership.
That applies to a significant number of non-felons too. In fact, it includes about half of the people who voted in the last Presidential election.
From the Artscroll Chumash’s commentary in last week’s parashah for Vayikra 5:21:
The verse states that a person sins by being treacherous to G-d, and then it goes on to discuss cases of people cheating in business and the like. The Sages comment homiletically that one who trespasses against G-d will eventually deal falsely with his fellows. The Tosefta quotes R’Reuven who said that the most hateful person is one who denies G-d, for once a person denies the authority of the Lawgiver, he can easily violate all the norms of morality (Tosefta Shevuos 3:5). Atheism is the forerunner of morality’s destruction, because without the norms decreed by G-d, man can easily rationalize every manner of crime. Once man arrogates to himself to decide what is right and what is wrong, he can descend the amoral abyss, as contemporary history demonstrates (R’Yosef Dov Soloveitchik).
I used to work for a federal government contractor. The workplace was a medium-sized one-floor office building. Most of the rooms had windows to the outside. There were about 100 employees.
There was a rule, probably mandated by the government, that visitors to the facility had to be given a safety briefing on what to do in case of fire.
Whenever I eat out with a hechsher, I keep my plate very close to me. You never know when it will try to swipe from your plate.
If a hechsher touches your wine, are you still permitted to drink it?
I received the following reply from Rabbi Kuber about a question which I sent him :-
Is “How Careful Must We Be When Eating Out With A Hechsher?” the question that you sent him?
I don’t see how the answer provides any practical information, or tells us anything that we didn’t already know.
It’s common knowledge that she’s unbalanced. The article’s only fault is repeating information that everyone already knows.
It gives people who don’t know how to use a calendar a sense of accomplishment.
A black person is called African-American in the PC World!
The new PC term seems to be “people of color”. But “colored people” is a completely different, offensive term. It’s a not-so-subtle means of thought control.
when you are “more on the right” than David Duke it is probably time to rethink your position
An illogical statement. The facts are the facts, regardless of who else may be stating them.
DovidBT – Thanks to your post I looked it up. Basically the left started the whole thing – you can call it a left-wing conspiracy!
That’s exactly what it was, and it still is.
Add to that article the fact, later determined, that the chief of police specifically ordered his men to stay on the sidelines and “let them fight.” And the counter-protestors who were responsible for the violence were given trivial, if any, punishment.
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His comments on Charlottesville were wrong and indefensible.
If you want to know the truth about the Charlottesville events, search for the article “Charlottesville never had to happen — How craven local politicians led our nation into tragedy” by Arthur Herman.
I would let my ten year old drive on my lap in the neighborhood which I remember doing with my dad and which I’ve done with my kids.
This question is off the main topic, but is that really a good idea? It may be fun for the kid, but cars are not toys.
When I was a kid (I don’t recall the age), my father had the bright idea of letting me put the car into the garage. I put my foot on the wrong pedal and almost crashed into the wall.
Because people find it offensive
And many people, probably the majority, are offended by the efforts of a minority to “erase history” and police their thoughts.
If not for the renaming of the two city parks by two local politicians, and their attempt to remove the statues, the protests would not have occurred, and there would have been no violence.
The fact that some anti-semites support a position does not make that position wrong. President Trump has the wisdom to understand that and the courage to act on it.
They were there for violence only.
And why did the town agree in the first place to remove the statue?!?And the official report on the incident stated that the chief of police directed his police officers to “let them fight”, rather than keeping the protestors and counter-protestors separated.
How did the chief of police respond to the report? He said “I don’t recall saying that” and promptly resigned. Draw your own conclusions from that.
And the town did not agree to the removal of the statues or to the renaming of the city parks. Those actions were taken by a small minority of city council members. (The statues are still there, but were shrouded for several months, until a recent court order to remove the shrouds.)
We could still comment on the Q&As even if they weren’t on this site.
That’s like saying that the prohibition of “lifnei iveir” is pointless, since people can commit transgressions even if you don’t make it easier for them to do so.
read the thread I posted about R’ Miller’s views on the internet. He clearly stated that when someone offered to put his shiurim online, he refused, because he was against the internet. So no, I don’t think he would have wanted his Torah posted online, even on the website which is now complaining.
I wonder if he would have objected to someone making a profit from selling his shiurim, as that web site does.
This isn’t specific to the 21st century, but for millenia cows have been courageously giving up their lives so that we can eat them and make useful items from their skin.
Attach some kitchen utensils and call yourself the “Woman from Space”.