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dont have the source
Rabbi Ephraim Wachsman (not a man to tell unsubstantiated stories)tells over this Maaseh. I dont know how to reach him, but he IS reachable. Try to contact him. I am sure he will know the source.
yes wolf
when a holy Jewish woman bakes for her family with the right intention it is most Holy.
when Avrohom brought the three Malachim into his home, who did he tell to prepare the food? Eliezer his servant? NO, Sorah Emeinu, a prophetess!
Food is the most tangible of all the Chasadim that Hashem created the world for to provide. If you dont understand this then you dont know how to make a Brocha over food properly.
Why was there a Shulchan with bread on it in the Bais HaMikdosh?
When a Jewish mother becomes a Partner with the Boreh in providing food to his holy children, when she realizes this, then according to Rabbi Avigdor Miller, ztl, it is MORE Holy than a Kohen bringing a Korbon.
Make letzonos about baking if you wish, another sign of the intense darkness before Moshiach.
rob:
“did Devorah Haneviah bake cookies? Did Chana, from whom we learn our tefillos, bake cookies? Did Esther Hamalkah bake cookies? Did Beruriah eishes Rav Meir bake cookies?”
i dont know if they had cookies then, but CERTAINLY they cooked and baked and cleaned and diapered. they were Holy Woman doing Holy work! you think baking cookies is something lowly? then yes, you are heavily influenced by the 21st century crowd. the work, physical and spiritual that a woman does in her home, if l’shaim shamaim, is as holy as the Kohanim bringing Korbonos
“Most importantly, why did it deteriorate to THAT extent in a period of 60 years?”
Ikvos HaMoshiach
predicted
also
“profeel” is a frum online store, cameras and electronics, usually close to the lowest price anywhere, highly reliable.
yes
there are MANY such “stores”
almost all are in new york
always check out an online store at “resellerratings.com”
i just checked out hdcamera world there, try it, extremely low rating.
jphone, how true
i would though change one thing:
“and if they cared about those other people,”
i would change it to:
if they thought about those other people
when you think about other peoples needs all the time, and act accordingly in all your actions, even in small things, even in picking up a small piece of paper from the floor, it becomes a wonderful uplifting process. as is logical, because certainly by doing so you give great Nachas to the Ribono Shel Olam. and can you imagine the schar?, in both worlds?
no
it’s a Din in the leather
Feifun
“Does it say in the Shulchan Aruch or Mishna Berurah that you MUST wear a hat and jacket to davening? “
yes, in the Mishna Berurah.
also by bentching.
not shaving during the 3 weeks is an Ashkenaz minhag
the Halachah is actually to begin refraining from shaving during the week that TBA falls. the Sefardim conduct themselves like this and shave until that week.
because it is a Minhag, there are certain leniencies. for example, if it will cause a significant loss of money.
better than davening with a blue light blinking in your ear
charlie
there are different meanings and levels to both Yireh and Ahavah.
this can be quite confusing as you and i are perhaps talking about different things
id like to drop this online subject for now if you dont mind
feivel
bowzer:
those Sfarim are timeless, as is the Shema which talks about punishment, as is the Torah and Neviim which are FULL of punishment and warnings. it is a FUNDAMETAL principle of Judaism. It certainly is not for me or you to say it does not apply so much anymore, CHAS V SHALOM.
i wasnt addressing what kind of stories should be told and to whom, i dont have such Chachmah. i was addressing the statement of yours that i quoted.
charlie
fear of onesh is not such a simple thing to achieve. it is VERY difficult, and requires learning Mussar every day, and great Siyata d Shmayah. Ahavas Hashem is only obtained today by a select few. I say this because R’ Salanter said it about his generation. He felt his generation to be on a low Madrega, and he stresses **more than anything else** learning and developing fear of punishment.
you know the story of the great Rebbi who as he was dying he blessed his Talmidim that their fear of Hashem should be as great as their fear of basar v dam. they said Rebbi, thats all?! he said : Alavai.
angelmarie
“I trust in Hashem that I will find a husband when I am ready”
you will
there is a Mitzvah from the Torah to love a Ger.
Gerim should be held in very high esteem.
with my own children, the fact that someone was a Ger, was not critical, but it WAS a factor to be considered. and anyone seeking a Shidduch has a right to consider this factor, and to even make it an instant deal breaker. im sorry but they have that right.
there is a certain element of risk. i know one case, a Ger, a friend of mine, after 5 years of marriage, and two children, gave up his family and Yiddishkeit. now of course this can and has happened with non-gayrim as well. nevertheless it IS a risk factor.
im sorry (truly) that you find this “sickening”, but they have their side of the story as well.
your friend if she asks a Talmid Chuchum (not just a “rabbi”) will learn that her finding a shidduch is completely in the hands of Hashem. what she needs to do is daven FERVENTLY, with tears if possible, both during Shmoneh Esrei and any time she feels particularly pained by being single.
and of course she has to keep trying. she should trust in Hashem, and be confident if possible. she should also daven for other single women to find their Bashert. and you should fervently daven for her.
“Fear of punishment freezes people and prevents them from making any real change.”
the above is Bowzers opinion.
R” Yisroel Salanter in Ohr Yisroel stresses over and over that the most important thing that all Yidden must work on and devote time every day to contemplate, is fear of punishment, in this world and primarily in the World To Come.
Msilus Yesharim and Chovos HaLavovos and Shareii Tshuvah also spend a great deal of time discussing the critical nature of fear of punishment.
now THIS is a thread.
obama came from nowhere, with extremely little experience (always considered by americans to be a very important presidential requirement).
he is black, a VERY unpopular color in america (despite liberal mouthings).
whatever the actual case he is certainly tainted by islam (his middle name and school if nothing else)not so long after 9/11.
he ran against a VERY big name, their political positions not too disparate.
nevertheless, here he is poised to become the leader of the most powerful nation in the world.
impossible!!
for anyone who wishes to see the Yad of Hashem, open your eyes and take a look.
no one here including the author knows what happened.
josef
Tochachah is i believe a D’Oraisah.
the Halochos of giving Tochachah are D’Rabbonim
i would SPECULATE that at the time the gzairos were promulgated, the general populace was only familiar with the Torah b’ Csav, there were many periods in our history that this was the case.
Therefore it would make sense to institute that for a meforishah mitzvah, Tochachah should be given regardless of whether or not one would listen. Those Mitzvahs that were derived by Chazal, however, would be less known and therefore Tochachah should only be given if there was a reasonable chance they would believe and listen to you.
josef
yes
there is a difference. the difference is that different Halochos of Tochachah apply. I dont know why, but it is pusht that that is the case. i am not aware of any other differences.
long answer: yosef you probably dont need this, but if anyone else is interested:
for example
Tefillin is explicitly mentioned in the Chumash as an Asay.
not to embarrass a fellow Yid in public is also a D’Oraisa, but it is not mentioned explicitly as a Lav. it was derived as a D’Oroisa from Psukim by Chazal
a D’Oraisa mitzvah that is meforesh has exactly the same level of stringency as one not meforesh. The only difference that i am aware of is that different Halochos of giving Tochacha apply. There could be other differences that i am not aware of but they are both absolutely equal as far as Chashivus, stringency, etc.
how to give information is very critical and highly dangerous, to oneself as well as to others. the issue is extensively covered in Halachah.
no one should give any information unless they are well versed in the Halachas or are guided by a competent Rav
iamsamiam
very well said
joseph
you need to check that Halachah
im fairly sure that it’s the other way, that you should NOT give Tochachah (for an Aveira not meforesh in the Chumash) unless you are reasonably certain that they will listen.
i believe the din is that you are obligated to tear Kriah, upon seeing (or coming within a certain proximity, im not sure which) the Kosel, not Yerushalaim. this is only after not having been there after a certain length of time (i think, a month).
obviously ask a Talmid Chochum.
you are certainly correct
nevertheless, this is an internet forum
there is a certain psychological milieu unique to this very poor and dangerous form of communication. certain accepted modes of behavior that become almost mandatory for posters.
if you want to have a forum or comments section, the best you will be able to do is delete the most offensive posts (and or posters, ie dovdov). you will not be able to turn an internet forum into a group of people around the dinner table.
one other point
sometimes anti-Torah attitudes must be addressed, sometimes in a strong manner, not necessarily to change anyone but because we are Jews, and Sheker must not be allowed to raise it’s head and speak, without being answered by Emes. even if it DOES create an uproar
tvt
you misunderstand me
i am not emphasizing anything in particular, other than responding to the goyish liberal concept expressed here that Yiddim are essentially the same as goyim.
i fully realize that when Jews do not live as they are obligated to, then they do not descend to the level of the nations, they become LOWER than animals.
to pashuteh yid, of course.
Tznius is a CHESED!
those of you who deny the mountainous Yetzer that Hashem gave to men,
have you heard of:
Schem and Dinah
Paroh and Sarah
Avimelech and Sarah
Dovid and Batsheva
Shimshon and Delilah
Yehudah and Tamar
taking a gentile woman in war
Yosef and Potiphars daughter
the plague of Midian
pelegesh of Binyomin
and on and on.
the Tanach, Midrashim, Gemorrah, and Halachah are filled with matters of this Yetzer.
Tznius is a CHESED
fitting for the daughters of Avrohom, the father of Chesed.
when you dress non-Tznius, you deny your father, and your Father in Shamayim.
a pity on Jewish women, daughters of Sarah, Rivka, Leah, and Rochel, when they dress like the goyim, whatever the reason. a pity on all of us.
EinOdMilvado
such a refreshing pleasure to see a shining ray of Emes on this website.
i see you learn Mussar regularly, and apply effort to internalize and actualize it.
either that or you have a close relationship with true Talmidei Chachuchim.
so few Yidden today long for their Creator.
you are Blessed.
hypothetically speaking:
if there were no men in the world, would there be a need for tznius?
josef
yes i can explain it
we live in a goyish velt and our minds are polluted with their Sheker and immoral sewage.
that is why we must separate from them and all their media
also as regards the 98.8% issue
it’s simple
just like you cant use a steel furnace thermometer to measure a babys temperature.
we are on an entirely different scale of measurement
i also wouldnt call them pro-freilkeit
they are simply like stalks of wheat in the field of Golus, under the influence of whatever current goyish wind is blowing.
they are hardly to be blamed, they were never taught what Yiddishkeit means. They were born in an era of the greatest darkness in the history of the world, but think they walk in light.
they fulfill the Pasuk of “Hoster Hester”. not only is His face hidden, but they dont even know that it is hidden.
let them post
remember and use their posts
when TishaB’Av comes, realize what we have lost, all the light, and try to weep.
could be you are right joseph, not how i recall the Halachah, but im not positive.
such an Eved Hashem as yourself, maybe Yosef?
josephf
you are right of course
but only if you think she will listen.
which means you must know her fairly well.
i believe Tznius (i.e. as an Asey, or a Lav) is not meforesh in the Torah, mechallel Shabbos is. different Halachos of Tochachah.
“moninging”
my definition: the sound that coins make when you shake them together.
dont you wish you were able to edit your posts after they are posted?
if you get a bluetooth
PLEASE put it away when you enter the Bais Medresh
ive seen people davening with it in place
ive seen people learning with it in place
torahis
you dont understand who the Jewish People are AT ALL.
we are a different min altogether than the nations.
we are not “better”, rather the Jewish People are the reason, the SOLE reason, for the existence of the universe.
if the Emes offends your american liberal sensitivities, so be it.
OBVIOUSLY “person” was not meant literally
anyone who felt superior to him for this, or jumped on him for it, should take 5 minutes and examine their Neshama.
other side
here’s a suggestion
on Shabbos, when you are walking down the streets
tilt your hat forward
walk with your head down so you can see six feet of sidewalk in front of you
some will think you are anti social.
some will think you are overly pious and silly.
some perhaps might be a little sensitized towards tznius
in any case you will have gained a great deal of Schar
and maybe saved yourself from some quality time in Gehinnom