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Pesach Night in Mitzrayim, about midnight
the Destroyer kills the firstborn mitzrim and passes over the Jews.
the Jews have “painted” their doorposts and lintels with the blood of the egyptian “dieties”, the sheep. an act that cannot help but produce intense hatred of the Jews. but this is what Hashem commanded.
the Jews are told to stay in their homes the Seder night, and to lock their doors.
WHY?
the Destroyer (or Hashem Himself) needs blood to locate the homes of the Jews?
The Destroyer cant get into a home with closed doors. the doors of the mitzrim didnt protect them.
locking the doors? again, to keep the Malach out?
on this night, Hashem is readying His People, His Holy Nation, chosen to be His, a separate People, who will live by the Torah and nothing else but the Torah. He commands they shall do the very act (the slaughtering and brazen application of the blood of their ‘diety”) which will cause the Mitzrim to be repelled and withdraw from them. to separate from the nations, to close and lock their doors to complete and symbolize their desire for separation. to remain in their homes where a Great Kedushah would descend upon them on this first Seder Night.
and every Seder Night since then, a great Kedushah descends upon the Jewish People and upon Jewish Homes, the family Battai Mikdoshim. those who are ready for it, who want nothing but Hashem, their Father, to take them as His, and who take Hashem as the only thing they desire, they will experience the Kedushah.
The Korban Pesach was an earth shattering event!
Since Adam HaRishon, Korbonos were brought, but only Olahs.
To think that a human being could partake of an offering to Hashem was absolutely unthinkable and the extreme height of ridiculousness and absurdity.
Until Hashem made us His people, His children, an AM KODESH
This was the first time there was a people who even their bodies were Holy to the extent that they could eat of Hashem’s Korbon.
–very loosely paraphrased from R’ Avigdor Miller, tz’l–
AZ
please give your sources, or research them then give them, or say you forgot where they are or i dont want to be bothered looking up the sources, or something.
to say: prove to me that you are worthy then ill tell you how to investigate and who can perhaps provide the sources is the ultimate in EDITED especially when these sources are being asked for for YOU to defend YOUR position.
do you think everyone cant see right through that EDITED ploy?
Those words perhaps may be technically used as the way AZ does. However it is very confusing to us who are not so well versed in these intricacies of word usage, and think the words mean what they generally mean to the velt.
In addition, personally it makes me wonder if a person deliberately uses such important words and concepts in a way that is confusing and provocative, is there something else in his agenda which could possibly be somewhat misleading as well.
Those questions do not occur to me if an occasional Gadol occasionally uses such a word in an unusual way.
Hashem said the world is Tov M’od!
We need to study the world and it’s ways.
We need to remember the world is but a fleeting time for preparation.
Then we can better see that it is Tov….Tov M’OD
Feivel, if thats the case we should eat Jewish food
SJ
that’s interesting
thats exactly what Rabbi Moshe Wolfson, shlita said.
that as much as possible we should only eat Jewish food
i dont really know what he meant though
i always felt he meant cholent, kugel, kishke, gefilte fish, lox, bagels, whatever and for whatever reason certain foods are generally associated with Jewishness today.
i dont believe he meant we should investigate the history of every food.
but im not really sure what he meant exactly
i dont know what he would say about pizza for example
or falafel
but he did feel there was such an inyan
he did not mean to poskin this as Halachah
just that it was a good mahalach.
in any case SJ, i wasnt really referring to the practice of eating different foods
more to the practice of eating in restaurants, especially when making a whole production out of it.
[as Rabbi Avigdor Miller,tz’l said: eating is a bodily function as is the opposite of eating. we dont get dressed up and use candlelight to perform that function]
It’s not simply a matter of Teivos.
As oomis pointed out, the Abishter called this world Tov M’od. He wants us to enjoy and savor it (l’shaym shamayim and with the aim of increasing our gratitude to the Abishter)
It is a matter of realizing our Kedushah and separating from the Nations, AND their ways, to the extent that we can.
I understand why so many Yidden see nothing wrong with this. Who could blame them? This is the quiet and insidious breakdown in our beautiful Mesorah and heritage, that the wealth of america has quietly hidden from us, even as HaKodeshBorchu has hidden his face from us.
But he revealed His hidden face on Purim!
that is contributing enormously to frum Jews not feeling like they are missing out of things that the non-Jews are raving about.
what you say is unfortunately true
it is a shame though, of the first order, and a strong indictment of the Jewish people today in general, that frum Jews wish to not miss out on those things the non-Jews are raving about.
esther
i agree with you 100%
Purim is a Holy day
a day of great joy in the Ribbono Shel Olam and our re-acceptance of Torah
it is most certainly not a day of letzonus
It is a day that the Yetzer Horah has invested much effort into because of its Holiness, and has hidden from us, even the very Frum, what it means. Purim itself has come to wear a costume and disguise its true greatness.
every insensitive comment is a stone that you can polish into a diamond, that you can take with you to Olom Ha Boh.
do YOU know the truth of the situation?
why should you let someone else control your inner thoughts and feelings?
be strong, cling to Hashem, and let the comment pass
this is a great opportunity to overlook someones mistake against you, so that Hashem will overlook your mistakes against him.
dont let this opportunity pass by unfulfilled.
whatever it means, however we should view it, whatever we must do
must be done as Jews, with the understanding of basic Torah Truths, through Chazal, through our Gedolim.
not through the eyes and values of the Nations.
Thank G-d there are Yiddin on this website who are able to respond with Emes.
Shalom aleichem icot (why do we say that in the plural?)
i knew you would agree
i cant really answer your question without changing my perspective
but id like to say that, in general, for an erlich Yid:
the more science the better, but one first has to have a very deep Emunah, science can be dangerously misleading
history has been filtered with such bias and constructed with such falsehood, speculation, and lack of information that it is close to and sometimes worse than worthless.
math, i think especially in the higher forms can be illuminating, even if not practically useful
english, grammar is very helpful, even important, but literature is equal to television in its power of removing one from Hashem.
i know i didnt really address your points, hopefully youll get some better responses.
I know there are posters here who have careers which require advanced math and/or scientific knowledge.
What are their (your) thoughts on this topic?
I hold an advanced scientific degree
my thoughts?
i think we are in this world of preparation and purification of our Neshama for a very very short time. this is not a nice theoretical thought. this is the meaning of our lives. this is THE Emes.
i think we should not spend it in an environment of pritzus, letzonus, kalus rosh, apikorsus and tumah
so the children would take the coins to the Chanukkah light to check the value of the coins and the parents could tell them they cannot, for the light is assur b’hanah, opening a discussion as to the meaning of the light and chanukkah.
i believe other gifts have no mikor in tradition and are a result of imitating the goyish custom at the same time of year.
By Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
For final rulings, consult your Rav
QUESTION: If one wants to cool off boiling hot tea or soup on Shabbos, may he put an ice cube into the cup or bowl?
DISCUSSION: If the tea cup or the soup bowl is a keli shelishi, as is most often the case, then it is permitted according to all views to put an ice cube in it. If, however, the cup or bowl is only a keli sheini and the tea or soup is piping hot, putting ice in may be a possible issur min ha-Torah and should be avoided
yes you can put an icecube into hot soup on Shabbos
see the 4 volume grey books, forgot the author, for example
i didnt say anything about asking a shaila. if your seichel is relatively pure of false ideas absorbed from the nations, if one is not so foolish as to think ones seichel can remain somehow above the environment he assimilates into,
if you work on yourself to fulfill your purpose as a Kadosh, if you are concerned for what HaKodeshBorchu wants you to do, if you love Hashem, if you understand what it means to be a Holy Yid, if you learn the Halochos relevant to your question, you may not need to ask a shaila very often. if one has assimilated the attitudes and values of the Umas ha Olam, then you probably also will ask few shailas.
if you think that particular choice is discretionary you should carefully study the relevant section in Chovos HaLevovos where he demonstrates clearly that nothing is discretionary. this is a basic fundamental of this world and found in many classic Seforim.
EDITED
nothing you do is discretionary
please see Chovos HaLavovos, Msilus Yesharim, and Sharaii Tshuvah
if one think Jews have some “right” to spend their money (after explicit chiuvim are met) as they deem fit, you do not understand from Whom comes that money. you do not understand for Whom you were appointed as treasurer and manager of that money. if you think that money is yours, you have a very crooked concept of the Torah and your existence and purpose in the world.
arc:
lack of knowledge and misinformation arent good
fear is
fearmongering is simply an inflammatory term to deride the caution of those one disagrees with.
misinformation? actually a lack of information as well. any new medical product is by nature an unknown no matter how “thoroughly” it has been tested. the history of medicine proves this, notwithstanding the arrogance of the medical profession who tend to declare any product “safe” as long has it hasnt yet been proven to be unsafe.
of course medical science has to balance the likelihood of risk against the probable benefit, but tends to consistently ignore the unknown, and declare safe anything that hasnt been proven harmful. there is cunning and thorough science in the medical profession, but little common sense.
i dont have a position on this vaccine.
The OP asked why so many people are not interested in chazzunis.
Davening is not entertainment
“spiritual uplifting” comes from the spiritual effort of the Neshama to come close to Hashem, not from even heartfelt music. Davening is not music. im not certain that “cantors” understand what Davening is.
yes music is wonderful
yes music can uplift the spirit
yes they played music in the Bais HaMikdosh
but “cantorial” entertainment, though perhaps uplifting, is music. It is not Tefillah.
besides for the fact that it is a great Tirchah d’ Tzibur which is Assur.
“bringing the text of the Tefilla to life” is done in the soul, not in the ear.
so listen to your cantorial concerts at home on the CD, and be “uplifted” there.
not in the Holy Bais Knesses during Tefillah.
I think you meant, the number of times a horse breathes in a certain amount of time.
no jphone
please think about this. is a shiur of TIME. how long someone slept.
it is not a frequency. it is a length of time.
it is not how many breaths a horse takes in a designated amount of time. it is how long it takes a horse to breath a designated number of breaths. the number of breaths is fixed (i dont recall the number).
the length of time has been decided differently in different shitas.
it is not a joke
the Torah frequently derives shiurim from naturally occurring events.
please ask a Rav if you still dont understand
you have to wash if you sleep a certain amount of time.
the length of time has a wide range of opinions
ive heard
10 min
20 min
30 min
1 hour
i hold by 20 minutes
the shiur is derived from how many times a horse breathes a certain number of breaths.
Beautiful Telegrok Beautiful
And some would do away with this beauty of Yiddin personally helping Yiddin, this Ahavas Yisroel. That attitude has been called: “Middos Sedom.
Keep in mind you are taking care of the house as the Kohanim took care of the Bais HaMiksosh. A Jewish home is holy. When you diaper a child remember that you have been given the great and awesome privilege of raising Hashem’s children for him. And so too everything you do for your family. How would you feel if you were given the great honor of removing the litter in the Bais HaMikdosh, as you walked through the courtyard picking up the matter that disturbed it’s perfection, as you worked, the Schechina smiled upon you, and elevated your spirit. THAT is what you are doing. It is hidden, on purpose, but that is what is happening.
If you can remember that, you will be fulfilling the very reason for which you were created.
Except you don’t get schar for the mitzvah if it’s not tzedakah.
perhaps
but if you investigate in those situations that you should, and give according to Halachah,
you certainly have brought your Neshamah closer to Hashem every time you do such a Mitzvah, you have made yourself a better Eved, you have tried to brighten the lives of your fathers children, you have brought Nachas to the Ribbono Shel Olam. You have polished another facet on the diamond that is your Neshama.
you are fortunate indeed
“What should we do about so many collecters?”
what should we do?
we should be very grateful to HaKodeshBoruchu and b’Simcha gedolah for the opportunity to frequently and face to face perform such an awesome Mitzvah.
if we’re not sure the best way to do it, we should ask our Rabbanim.
go cubs?
you can use opthalmic drops in the ear, but not vice-versa
indeed
there is a very readily available, generic, gentamycin ophthalmic solution, priced very low. why would anyone prescribe the otic formulation which has NOT been formulated for use on mucous membranes?
if you say people do it, i cant argue with you. but in 43 years of practice ive personally never seen it done.
cortisporin is very commonly prescribed for external ear infections. It is highly irritating when used in the eyes, and can produce a moderate to severe chemical conjunctivitis. probably because of the osmolality, pH, or the preservative concentration, i never investigated this.
ive never heard of gentamycin otic being prescribed for ophthalmic infections.
im talking about a spiritual connection
This poster asked to be allowed to rephrase this post
my point, clumsily stated, was that ones individual Kavannah is influenced by the Tzibur
Whether I daven with kavannah is a function of how well I concentrate on my davening, not how many people I have around me.
so one might think. certainly your kavannah is crucial, but not to the exclusion of the rest of the Minyan. the more one is attuned to his Neshama, the more one is connected to others that are attuned to their Neshama.
there becomes a unified communal Tefilah. (as well as the individual Tefillas also)
feivel, I’m talking about say a general question and you ask your rav and he answers in a way which makes zero sense to you. You are a learned man and you know that something doesn’t add up. Why is it disrespectful to ask a follow up question and get to the bottom of it?
in the situation that you describe, it is NOT disrespectful and i certainly WOULD ask a follow up question, as you suggest.
this is NOT the situation that myself or anyone else thought you were referring to. Apparently we misunderstood you.
feivel, that’s a terrible thing
it all depends, of course, on the Talmid, on the Rov, on the relationship, on the shaila, and on the situation.
please do not be so quick to condemn and belittle the mehalach of others
but I can’t see any self respecting man ask a rav a shailah and then walk away.
i am a self respecting man, and fairly knowledgable in Halacha. I RARELY ask my Posek for his source and would never debate with him. i ask a shaila then i walk away, as generally does everyone that i know (who are all self-respecting men). I have great respect and awe of him and feel like a worm in his presence. He is not my Chavrusa and certainly not my buddy. His time is extremely valuable and in demand. I may have gaivah, but not enough to demand he spend his time to satisfy my intellectual curiousity. I can grow in Torah from him by attending his shiurim and asking questions respectfully there when he asks if anyone has a question.
There’s no such thing as finding the right one. The only thing you can do is be the right one.
–ames–
one of the best quotes i have ever heard
no
the point has nothing to do with the women and what burden was on them. it makes no statement about the womens obligation for tznius
the point is that a person should not only not sin but that he should not place himself in a situation where he would be tempted to sin. the same point would have applied if instead of women it was mcdonalds.
truthsharer
he was chastised for taking a route that would lead to temptation, instead of avoiding temptation.
We actually have no idea what he said. All we have is a quote of what an unknown person on an unknown website summarized his position to be, in their interpretation of part of his statement, in no context. Any comment on this non-knowledge is fruitless and dangerous and will lead to nothing but spreading misinformation.
This thread should be closed and deleted, (possibly reopened if and when we can get an actual reproduction of the note that was written, and as close to possible of an exact quote of what was said and the circumstances, to whom his remarks were addressed, what incidents prompted the remarks and further relevant contextual facts. Even then it is probably unwise to have a discussion of it here, but at least it would be somewhat of an Emesdik approach.)
Yes, I just checked it. Thank you Feif and PY
Rabbi Avigdor Miller, tz’l did not go to college
what does “modern” mean?
think about it
what do they mean when they say “modern”
it is a blend of orthodoxy with…….what?
the book “Gluten Free for Dummies” does advocate this diet for everyone and has a whole theory…why grains are bad for everyone
exactly what i am referring to.
feivel, just for your information, the correct term is “gluten intolerance”, not “gluten allergy”.
yes anon
i was responding to starwolfs post above mine, stating gluten allergies. there are common claims of gluten allergies as well as the separate and proven gluten intolerance, (which is not completely understood by the way and some believe is in itself partly allergen-antigen mediated)
celiac disease is real but uncommon and frequently misdiagnosed
gluten allergies are rare and way overdiagnosed
there is a large grassroots “knowledge base” that gluten is in general harmful to everyone, as well as a whole list of other “harmful” elements, based on nothing but hype and hearsay, poor science and misinformation, and supported and encouraged by anecdotes of cognitive dissonance, and fed by a milieu, (as i said) of self obsession possible only in a sick, opulent, corpulent society.
another in the plethora of mishagosim so prevalent in the self obsessed overindulgent culture of america
just a guy
no youre not being too personal. you can surmise why i dont.
i dont wish to discuss it here and then respond to posts from people who dont understand the fundamentals and Mesorah of Judaism. it is highly frustrating, ive been through it before a few times. it is disturbing to my menuchas ha nefesh and doesnt accomplish anything.
thanks for your interest