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im very happy about peta
when else in the entire history of the world, in all civilizations that ever existed, in every culture, when else could such a thing even have been be IMAGINED!
except in the days of intense darkness before the Moshiach
torahis1
“modern orthodox gedolim”
its very difficult to comment on this phrase without saying something that might anger you.
let me just suggest, though, that i have the feeling, that it is just possible, that perhaps you may have a somewhat limited understanding of what a Godol in Klal Yisroel means.
lyme disease can last much more than 4 years
i would take itzak up on his suggestion and ask your doctor
think about the transitory hevel pleasure you have from the food, which is over as soon as it is swallowed.
think about the damage you do to your body by eating indulgently, both short term (bloating, discomfort, stressing the digestive system) and long term (heart, arteries, diabetes)
think about the training in controlling your tayvahs you are providing yourself, and improvement in your Middahs in general
think that the food you were strong enough to avoid eating is a gift to Hashem.
think that you will continue eating like a Yid and not a Behemah for the days between R’H and Y’K.
think about these things before you eat, not after.
really stop for just a moment and think about it, right after HaMotzi
SPASEBA (thank you in Russian)
i started thinking
then i remembered
i dont use that account at all
but yes i got your email
(and its 58)
joseph
no email
what do you mean by 613? (other than the usual)
cryptic?
thay are all mine unless i titled the gallery to indicate otherwise
the chasunah shots are of a friends chasunah
almost everything else is Mishpachah
thank you
i forgot what’s up there
ill take a look tonight and get back to you, B’N
i apologize if this is a duplicate post, i went away from the computer. came back and i cant remember if i hit “send post” already
joseph
im not a professional
but i do professional work 🙂
if youre interested take a look at smugmug.com, search for feivel there, i think i cant post a direct link
of course youll see mostly ayneclach.
yes ive placed quite a few orders with B&H
also profeel, which is much smaller but also frum, good and cheap.
i do much less photography and retouching than i used to
(strong tayvah for me, bitul Torah)
samuel
im also a photographer
although more a retoucher
are you familiar with the forums on dpreview?
charlie
youre right
much improved lately
i dont know why you bother, joseph
breast-deckle roast
onion soup mix
water
nothing else (well maybe some garlic powder and salt)
crock pot overnight
falls apart
melts in your mouth
roasty and oniony
strong flavor
actually, even if there are computer experts here this is a pretty inefficient forum to get help
it can take many hours sometimes before new messages get posted, sometimes days.
you need to have faster communication to work through a computer problem, usually.
“You do realize that there are millions of Jews, of which hundreds of thousands of chareidim, that rely for their safety and security on those who protect them”
you are probably right.
how sad for HaKodesh Barchu
may the darkness of the Golus end soon.
may we be zocha to know who really protects us.
tzippi
reading over my post i see i didnt express it clearly
just to clarify for sure, i have no idea if he holds differently regarding leaders or followers. i never heard him make a distinction. maybe he makes a distinction, maybe he doesnt.
i would guess that he holds the leaders in worse regard than the followers, but this is just pure supposition based on what i know of Rabbi Miller,ztl
does everyone who posts here have english as their first language?
is it possible some may be from russia,
perhaps some were brought up speaking only Yiddish?
is it possible some are Israelis?
Yemenis?
mexicans?
iranians?
i THINK this is simple
there is no Mitzvah here of Kibud Av v Em
what there is though is an obligation of Hakores Hatov
there may be other psychological issues as well
that has to balanced against issues of havdallah
so clearly every case needs specific guidance as to the Halachah and proper behavior, not only each case, but many situations in any individual case will need separate decisions by a competent Rav.
believe what you wish to believe.
ps
ive seen how you belittle people constantly in your posts. i know i cant control you but i would ask nicely and would be most appreciative if you wouldnt treat me sarcastically (ex: “wax lyrical”). i dont post to argue or debate or fight. i post what i believe to be Emes. im not interested in anything but Emes. im not interested in “beating you” or “winning” .
ps
“if reform jew is mekadesh a woman, she won’t need a get??? preposterous!!”
i dont recall Rabbi Miller, ztl saying this, or myself,
maybe you think i implied this?
i certainly didnt, i am not at all qualified to make such a statement, and wouldnt.
although there IS certainly a densely tangled web of Halachic problems when it comes to Kiddushin and Gerushin of the reform
was the Kiddushin valid (were the witnesses valid witnesses, relatives, was the Get from a pevious marriage valid )its very easy to pasul a get), are any of the primary parties or witnesses or previous marriage partners “gerim” not al pi Halachah?
etc
etc etc
this is just the tip of the tip of the iceberg.
so the answer to your hypothetical question is not so clear.
tzippi
i dont understand
you seem to be familiar with Rabbi Miller, ztl
but anyone who has heard him speak, even a few times will understand that those quotes are precisely characteristic of Rabbi Miller, ztl.
i dont understand your exclamation mark!
those were exact quotes
very beautiful letter.
i know a couple
just before the engagement she insisted to him (and she meant it) that she does not under any circumstances want a ring. he was in no financial condition to get one, and was worried about it (he didnt tell her this, but she knew)
he told her on an early date that his dream was to live in Eretz Yisroel, that they should have guests on Shabbos, that they would not be able to afford much and he would have the glorious opportunity to give away his piece of chicken to a guest. she felt the same way. this was what their dreams were made of, to give away a piece of chicken to a guest.
they now live in Eretz Yisroel. he is learning full time, she is working from her home a little, they have a wonderful one year old son. they always have guests for Shabbos Kodesh. they are spending their lives serving the Ribbono Shel Olam. they have little money, and little support but somehow they manage, and they are always b Simcha.
by the way
he did manage to get her a ring, and she was very happy to get it
by the way
dont forget to remember, to really remember, to really know, really, we are only in this world a very short time. dont lose sight of what matters and what is Hevel
i dont know
its obviously way too big an issue to be decided by anyone here!
i imagine we can all agree on this.
nevertheless, Rabbi Avigdor Miller, ztl has stated many times that reform are reshoyim, they are not our brothers, they are technical Jews but they are not Jewish, they have no chalik in Olam HaBah, and other similar statements. whether he was referring perhaps only to the leaders or only to the followers, i never heard him make a distinction.
i suppose other great leaders of the Jewish People might have a different understanding, or might express a different understanding publicly not to offend or cause a widening rift. Rabbi Miller, ztl, was a man who always spoke the plain Emes, he was a knoi for the Ribbono Shel Olam. I never doubt, chas v Sholam, anything he said or wrote.
tzippi
no i dont think so
not every rasha is a tinok shenishba
what you describe is rare
they know
“You can have nine of the frummest guys on an airplane, but one reform guy still makes the minyan”
how about a reform girl? certainly they hold she can make the minyan.
how about a reform gay girl? nothing wrong.
how about a reform gay unmarried pregnant girl? shes Jewish, right?
maybe a reform gay unmarried pregnant rabbi who loves eating her ham sandwich in her favorite restaurant on Shabbos with her Torah study group. can she make the minyan?
yes they are Jews. we always have had Jewish reshoyim among us.
they are not stupid, they are not ignorant, they are reshoyim.
i dont even know what this discussion is about but
“Since Yisro was not Jewish ( he is described in the first pasuk of the perek as the priest of Midian ), this would appear to support Think Big’s position that there obviously are occasions when a link can be maintained between a ger and their relatives”
this is before Matan Torah, and therefore no proof at all
i remember a long time ago i was watching a talk show on tv
there was an Orthodox Yid and a goy talking to each other about Judaism.
it came to the topic of Tznius.
the goy was literally laughing at the idea that a womans upper arm and shoulder should be covered. he thought the Jew to be a complete fool.
the Yid tried to explain that the goy had lost his sensitivity to the physical beauty of a woman, by being immersed in an immoral culture all his life.
needless to say neither could convince the other.
“So please dont make these grand and fluffy statements about kings”
okay, not to you.
“it’s a nice mashgiach shmooz for 9th graders.”
thank you!
“I know there are different minhagim and I respect that but if chachamim are saying something, there must be somethig to it. Music effects the neshama! A person has to be very careful in what he/she listens to. “
postsemgirl:
your seichel seems to be in touch with your beautiful Neshama.
coming to this website may be fun for you, but i strongly suggest you gather your willpower and not come here again. there are many clever and well educated people here who do not understand the basic elements of Yiddishkeit. this is not a good place for you to come.
“Yiddishkeit isn’t run like a Dictatorship”
Yiddishkeit IS absolutely run like a dictatorship (actually a Monarchy)
this is the rock bottom absolute Fundamental of being a Jew!!!
Hashem is King. on Rosh Hashanah we proclaim this. the Shofar is the heralding of the coming of the King.
the King has given us his beloved Officers to represent Him and inform us of His Will, their authority extending back in an unbroken pipeline from Har Sinai.
you must find a Rabbi who is true to the Mesorah, and fulfill what he tells you. if you dont, then you are choosing evil and not Good. you are proclaiming yourself king in the face of the One who truly is King.
mariner
im sure your intention was not to fool people into thinking you wrote this piece.
but you really should mention the source when you quote an entire article.
that is polite, that is the Jewish way, and it might save you from some accusations in the future.
Sometimes, the letter y is a CONSONANT, and other times it is a vowel. The rule for telling the two apart is simple: The letter y is a consonant when it is the first letter of a syllable that has more than one letter. If y is anywhere else in the syllable, it is a vowel.
Examples of Y as a Consonant
* yes
* yam
* yell
* yellow
* yogurt
Examples of Y as a Vowel
* gym
* my
* cycle
* baby
* hairy
* sky
i hope you do not find this heartless
but fakhert, the other way around, the Rambam states that to attribute ones misfortune or unhappiness to others is a way of cruelty. there is a Passuk (or perhaps a
Chazal, i forget the source) that no good thing, or no damage comes from Hashems creations, without the permission of the Boreh, Yisborach.
it is not our way to view ourselves as victims of others, to be concerned with others ways (unless we are able to properly correct them).
you need not concern yourself with the insensitivities of others, you must not nurse grudges. this is not permitted, and it will not lead to an improvement in your situation.
you need be concerned only with yourself. how do you treat others? how sensitive are you to others needs? how can you improve yourself? do you recognize that your troubles come only from Hashem? you must realize this and increase the intensity of your Teffilos. Daven for others who are single and do not wish to be. Daven with great Kavanah for them.
Rabbi Ephraim Wachsman brings a different interpretation to the Amirah that” if you Daven for others and you need it, you will be answered first.”
“if you need it”, if you NEED that the other person be answered, if you feel for them deep in your heart, then YOU will be answered.
blue shirt
certainly
the internet doesnt have the Shmirah provided by seeing anothers face.
its all too easy to start typing away without thinking of the power and longevity of your words.
blue shirt
i also want to thank you
this is the first time in my life ive been insulted and embarrased publicly (albeit via a screen name)
it was somewhat painful, but gave me a chance to work on not bearing a grudge and being maaver al midosav.
ive been looking forward to such an opportunity for a long time.
thank you
blueshirt
that wasnt very nice
its perfectly appropriate on a forum to express ones thoughts and feelings. afterwords i wrote: “obviously ask a Talmid Chochum”
as far as expressing my feelings on the techeles issue, i thought some people might find it interesting. afterwords i wrote: “obviously i am not suggesting what the Halachah is based on this
apparently you are irritated by my posts, im sorry.
not so amazing
in most of those words there was a good deal of order still remaining
try this:
Aizanmg huh? yaeh and i ayawls tgohhut slinpelg was inamrotpt
but you just read that line
try:
buscaee the stopmmys wree ocusbre
personally i dont believe it is techeiles.
just a feeling
techeiles is supposed to remind us of the Kisai HaCovod
much of the Mishkan and the Bigdei Kehunah were composed of Techeles.
i cant believe it was of this color some call techeles today, it just isnt beautiful enough. techeles should be of a color that uplifts the heart and produces Simcha. the “techeles” today is so weak and “blah”
obviously i am not suggesting what the Halachah is based on this
just my feeling
long story made very short:
was a rabbi
kept to the full letter of Halachah, but always poskined the most makel shita he could search out.
came to Olam Ha Bah
court said, excellent record, no need for weighing, no Gehinnom, straight to Gan Eden for you.
brought to a small bare room with a table and straw mattress, nothing else.
he said: “THIS is Olam Ha Bah!!”
he was told:”according to some shitas.”
“Be well everyone. And if you too are an Eved Hashem, I strongly encourage you to also end your Internet narishkeits. “
i think you are unknowingly a Shliach Hashem sent to rescue my Neshama.
dont feel your few online days were wasted.
“Even on a purportedly frum site, it is filled with folks against the most basic Torah concepts. And they brazenly and unashamedly brag about it publicly!”
it’s enough to make you cry
suraschier
you have described the essence of this place very accurately.
it is very disheartening as it reveals what ignorance, foolishness, and Sheker resides within the minds of people who think they follow the Torah.
i have been trying to completely discontinue my involvement here but find i have been somewhat addicted, even though it brings me disappointment and sadness.
you have given me chizuk and i hope to do better
thank you
thank you for that letter
hearing about actual cases of the evil of L”H gives Chizuk
it certainly is ugly, unbecoming a Jew, and damaging to the writer’s Neshama
yes
both ways are demanded by the Ribono Shel Olam