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Watcha talking about, Avi. Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky, in Emes L’Ya’akov on the Tur and Shulchan Aruch, p.405 n. 4 says:
“Regarding returning a handshake to women when they extend their hand first in greeting, not in an affectionate manner, this is a very serious question and it is difficult to be lenient.”
That ain’t being “meikal” as you incorrectly described Rav Yaakov, above.
Wolf: I meant lucky in the sense that they’re considered holier than others (and due to their state of holiness they cannot marry a gerusha.)
CM: I know, it’s halacha. But some people don’t like some halachas, so the scream taliban and the like. Nevertheless, it is true that being a gerusha is considered a mum (defect) in a certain sense, which is why Jewish Law prohibits a Kohen from marrying her. Even being an almana, which is less of a mum than a gerusha as a regular Kohen can marry her, is still considered a bit of mum, as we see that Halacha precludes a Kohen Godol from marrying one.
Kohanim are lucky. Even if they get divorced they still get to marry a besula, as they cannot marry a gerusha. (And the supply of young almanas is insufficient for divorcees. Even an almana is arguably better than a gerusha.)
Lipman is a bad source for anything. He regularly attacks the Torah community in Eretz Yisroel and is constantly agitating and attacking the frum community.
chocandpatience: You seem to contradict yourself. You said it is not infectious but then said not to use the same scissor on infected and uninfected nails. If it isn’t infectious (and Kosher Ham related from personal experience that it is), why do you suggest separate scissors?
If it was a joke, they fooled VIN, The Daily News and Haaretz
Wouldn’t be the first time, the 100th time or the 1,000th time. And wouldn’t be the last time. Those rags are not known for their accuracy. Far from it.
I’m a Torah wonk.
I’m a Torah Jew; not a Zionist.
If one spouse gets treated for the fungus but the other spouse does not (and has it), will the treated spouse likely get reinfected by the untreated spouse?
The further out of Beis Yaakov an unmarried girl is, the further she goes away from the idealism of Yiddishkeit.
The story is a bubbe maaisa. A chevraman told it to the media as a joke, to see if they would fall for the story and publish it.
They did.
Mazal Tov on the 1,000th Mazal Tov!
The Swiss Army logo has a cross. I’m not sure whether there is a halachic problem or not. But even if there weren’t, I’d be embarrassed to wear it on my person and wouldn’t have it because I wouldn’t want a cross.
They’re all the same. Wouldn’t know one brand from the other, insofar which is considered higher quality or more costly. Of course, I suppose, one could Google that information if one were so inclined. But offhand? Not a chance.
The only exception would be something like a Rolex, which everyone knows costs thousands of dollars. Even though I’d still have no idea how many thousands and I still wouldn’t know the difference between one Rolex and the next.
The only thing that really matters is that it is a nice looking, heimishe, watch.
The only primarily difference between the Satmar Rebbe and the Litvish gedolim is regarding taking, where possible ex post facto control of things in Israel from a governmental direction. Rav Aharon Kotler and those who followed him held being a member of the Knesset, voting for the most Torah-dik parties, and things like that are a Mitzvah, because they constitute damage control. The Satmar Rav held they are an aveirah because they make you an accessory to the crime after the fact. The Gedolei Yisroel who disagreed with the Satmar Rav held that fighting the Zionists is better done not by open confrontation but by doing, say, what Reuven did when he wanted to save Yosef, or what Aharon HaKohen did when he tried to stop the Egel from being made: Deal with them on their turf – use the State of Israel, and manipulate the political process to make it as frum as possible, thereby accomplishing hatzolah purtah.
There were disagreements between Satmar and Rav Aharon (and other gedolim), but none of those invovled whether Israel was a good or bad thing. On that, there was no disagreement. On that they all agreed it was bad. But the Satmar Rav himself said that handing Eretz Yisroel back to the Palestinians is not a good idea – halvai it would be! The Satmar Rebbe says that there is no other solution for the undoing of the State except our prayers, or, in the case of Vayoel Moshe, the State should only be undone via G-d’s power from above. He says the ONLY solution is prayer, not giving the State to the Arabs; Not negotiation, not fighting, not anything except prayer – except G-d intervening from On High. Of course Satmar would like to see the State abolished – so would the other Gedolim – Rav Shach ZTL used to pray every day for the peaceful disappearance of the State of Israel. And above all, the Satmar Rav never, ever joined with Arabs in any of his anti-Zionist activites, nor were Arab interests invited to his anti-Zionist rally in Washington, or any of his anti-Zionist activities.
At Rav Aharon Kotler’s funeral in Lakewood, the Satmar Rav gave the most amazing hesped, and when the Satmar Rav was offered the job of Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem (after the petirah of Rav Yosef Chaim Zonenfeld), he declined, and when they asked him for a recommendation, he told them to ask the Brisker Rav. They surely disagreed – very strongly sometimes – but they did agree that they are all authentic Gedolei Yisroel.
One of the things all the gedolim agreed on was that there should not have been be a State of Israel altogether. No Godol ever said that if we give Israel back to the Arabs the problem will be solved. On the contrary, the Satmar Rebbe ZTL made it clear in writing that we dare not , in the current situation encourage any political dismantling of Israel, because it will lead to a bloodbath r”l. Only Mochiach, he says will have the ability to get us out of the mess that the Zionists made. And he says the reason that politics and peaceful dismantling will not work is – Divrei Yoel Parshas Bo p.250 – because the Arabs do not distinguish between one type of Jew and another, unfortunately.
Baruch Hashem I never ate any cholov stam, so I don’t know.
What they do for avoda zora (whistling/sheidim worshippers, hand folding/church) is indeed assur.
RWMO is meikel. Believes in interpreting halacha to conform with modern, 21st century, western sensibilities. LWMO is practically Conservadox. Appoints women rabbis (or rabbas).
Why does anyone take this OP seriously?
berlin: Living or moving to EY is not a violation of the shavuos, and no one ever indicated it is. It is the formation of a State that is the violation.
Rabbi Avi Weiss is the leader of LWMO and Rabbi Herschel Schachter is the leader of RWMO. I’m not sure who the leader are or what the hashkofos are for “middle of the road MO”.
rob: Many of the gedolim opposed to the medina live and lived in Eretz Yisroel. That does not substract one iota their strident opposition to zionism and the medina. Many, in fact, lived there before the medina existed. Others after.
And they all in fact DID rail againt the medina after it existed. Read the writings and speeches of Rav Hutner. They are readily available in the old issues of the Jewish Observer and other places. He was quite strident in his denunciations of the medina. So were the others (Rav Weissmandel, Chazon Ish, Rav Kotler, etc.)
Additional omitted information is whether they preferred vanilla or chocolate, how often they made borei pri haeitz, if they were more often indoors or outdoors, and what their preferred climate was.
And that omitted information and the omitted information mentioned by crisisoftheweek adds nothing to our insights into these great men. Hence they are rightfully omitted.
As Sam said on the other thread:
“someone who holds like Rashi on the corporeality of G-d nowadays would be an Apikores, plain and simple.”
As we see, yelling Eilu V’Eilu to justify ones opinion, even citing a valid opinion, does not necessarily make one less of an apikorus.
Guys, Wolf made it clear yesterday or so (in another thread) that the subject he is opaquely referring to here is Rav Yaakov Emden’s position that one may commit suicide to atone for his sins.
zvei: Which means even though an opinion that the world doesn’t pasken by is considered Torah, even though it is assur to use that shitta as halacha lmaaisa.
Rav Shlomo Zalman and the other gedolim quoted above were against the establishment of the medina. I love how some people take gefdolim and twist their words to mean the opposite of their own well known positions.
Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool.I gave him a glass of water.
Wolf: He says only from an illegitimate relationship in siman 43, so it is incomprehensible how you would apply this to yourself. Furthermore, he may be a daas yochid on this issue that we can’t pasken from. (That would still not preclude his own talmidim, only, from using his psak. Same with Uman. Rav Nachman’s talmidim, including the current ones, can use his psak, while others perhaps not.)
Health – The OP is not a woman, despite his protestations to the contrary.
I, too, have trouble understanding this sometimes.
How could the husband know with certainty to make such a claim?
And prior to modern medicine, how would we know if he is infertile?
In any situation other than when the husband was away from home, how could there be any situation where rov beilos achar habaal doesn’t apply?
I respect Rabbonim such as Rav Gifter and Rav Schwab for standing up for the Torah against its impostors.
Since the halacha is rov beilos achar habaal, how can any child ever be considered a mamzer?
Sam2: Isn’t it chutzpadik for you to insinuate that Rav Moshe did something (or uses loshon) that is “troubling”?
I ask respectfully.
Sam2: It wasn’t directly saying yes or no. But I now understand you to mean that, yes, MBP is done as part of the adult milah, but there is no chashash of there being anything inappropriate with it.
By the way, can an adult receiving a (full) bris milah for the first time, do so under anesthesia (with a mohel doing the bris after he is medically put under anesthesia)?
Even showing less than a tefach is a major b’dieved, even according to the mattirim. It shouldn’t be done. But, yes, unfortunately it is much too common for certain “Orthodox” people to publicly display even more than a tefach.
Well, Sam2. You didn’t quite answer the OP’s question. 150 years ago, would an adult Ger who never had a circumcision receive MBP by his Bris Milah at a private facility from a Mohel or not?
Why would BMG or South Fallsburg boycott?
A wife needs to love and respect her husband in good times and bad. In easy time and in tough times. When you are getting along and when you are not. In peace and in war. You should put negative feeling aside at all times (though work on making them to positive) and love, honor, cherish and respect him at all times, regardless.
I find it quite morbid that anyone has a prepared obituary on a living person.
The White Paper was before Germany invaded Poland setting off a world war.
No one believes in godol infallibility. That accusation is merely leveled by those who don’t like being told by rabbonim on how to act. Though, I don’t know how any non-godol can purport to know when a godol is incorrect.