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They are probably under some pressure after the recent announcement that a group of Satmer askanim had provided funding to increase compensation for rebbes/moros in their yeshivos by 30%.
Trump is belatedly learning about a lot of RFK Jr.’s political baggage on public health issues and trying to “walk back” a lot of his positions. In some cases, its gaslighting to tell the tzibur he “never said” what we have heard RFK Jr. say on multiple occasions. In other cases, they are spinning his misstatements to say that “what he really meant was that government should “STUDY” a vaccine or medication even though it has been studied over decades and the vast majority of public health and medical studies support efficacy and safety.
RFK Jr. has a unique opportunity to go after the real issues in public health and is squandering both his own (and indirectly Trump’s) credibility even with the Republican constituencies.
Will Israel follow along if the U.S. goes to year-round Standard Time?
rightwriter: I guess we might as well get used to conspiracy theories for the next 4 years. The sightings appear to be a mix of fixed wing aircraft, helicopters and some really stupid drone operators getting their highs out of contributing to mass hysteria. However, the government agencies are equally stupid by saying “we don’t know what they are but we can assure you they pose no threat”. If they don’t know what they are, how can they assure us that they are not carrying dangerous payloads?
Correction: Now, Trump is supporting Elon Musk’s DOGE idea for year-round ST (not DST). I think most Americans would be OK with either but don’t like the changing back and forth. Agree that the original energy-savings arguments were questionable and even if true 30 years ago, may no longer be valid today.
Eighteen months ago, all members of the Senate (including ALL republicans) voted unanimously under a UC to support year round DST but it was not brought to a vote in the House. Earlier this year, Trump’s choice for SoS, Marco Rubio, reintroduced a bill for year round DST. Now, Trump is supporting Elon Musk’s DOGE idea for year-round DST. I think most Americans would be OK would either but don’t like the changing back and forth.
They’ve gone back and forth about year-round daylight savings time and year-round standard time. I think the position is to just pick one time option and stay with it year-round and no more changing back and forth.
Trump just posted on X that he favors year-round daylight savings time and the republican party will make it a high priority to adopt the needed legislation. No mention of the problems for the cows and frum yidden.
AAQ: I suspect a bit of Trollisher hyperbole and a bit of actual belief that but for Tziyonists, we would still be living in a time warp where yidden and Muslims would still be living peacefully side by side.
UJM: Respectfully disagree that the relationship would have continued unchanged. I don’t think it has anything to do with Tziyonim, Israeli politics, or anything on OUR side of the equation. Sadly, the degree of extremism and intolerance for other belief systems (even within Islam itself) has so changed since the early 1900s that I just cannot believe yidden living in eretz yisroel would be secure today under any scenario.
“It is also a major nuisance for dairy farmers because if their cows wake up so late in the day …….. it will be a major problem for Bochurim summer bein hazaminim when the second zman krias shma will get as early as 8;00. Baale Batim aren’t going to like 7:30 Shabbos Shachris either….
All valid concerns to the cows and kollel yungerleit but I’m not sure even working together they have the political leverage to offset the DOGE caucus.
Netanyahu wisely seems to be seizing the opportunities created by the power vacuum to secure a more defensible border situation and take out any Iranian assets in Syria knowing that neither the U.S. or Russia will intervene.
.f the Hareidim were running the yishuv in Eretz Yisrael, as was the case in the pre-zionist era, we wouldn’t be war with the Islamic world.
Agreed. We would all have been dead. Its quite delusional to believe that the pre-1948 “peaceful” relationships between yidden and the Islamic world would have been perpetuated to the modern era had we simply remained subservient and docile and gone about our business waitng for the geulah.
AAQ: All very good ideas but my point was that ELI has already wasted numerous hours with the dealer and then with the NH consumer advocate. He should simply cut his losses (his time has value), fly up to NH (frequent flights from EWR to Albany/Boston) and drive the car off the lot knowing that next time, he should take your good advice when buying a new car from an OOT dealership.
Just fly up to NH, take delivery of your new car and don’t waste any more time dealing with this dealer. Caveat emptor for others considering to deal with them. The value of the time you’ve wasted “negotiating with them:” probably exceeds the amount of money you might save. b
Strangely, I agree. He has been a disappointment to those of us who believe he slow-walked critical Trump prosecutions and has failed to aggressively go after those who engaged in blatant anti-semitic acts after October 7th, especially on college campuses.
I miss Mod 29 and his chavrusah. Perhaps they will return as virtual Mods using AI to enforce the rules. b
U.S. copyright law has historically identified 3 Performing Rights Organizations ( SESAC, ASCAP and BMI by name in Section 101 of the Copyright Law. To the extent rights To R’ Shlomo’s music have been assigned, one of these entities would be the centralized source for rights (and can be confirmed through a simple online query.
P.S. The OP asked about music rights, not about R’ Shlomos well-known hashkafah and personal issues. Many frum shuls still use his nigunim nothwithstanding these concerns., some real and some questionable.Trump would clearly prefer that Israel continue its operations in Lebanon for another month or two so that they “finish the job” as well as the political optics of his being able to take credit for a “beautiful peace agreement” immediately after the inauguration (since he won’t be able to deliver on his promise to “end the war in Ukraine on Day 1”.
We already get enough spam (OP too dumb to be a troll) so we don’t need to get more when we open the CR
If you are looking for unconditional love with minimal baggage, consider a goldfish. Also, consider the potential secondary opportunities in case of unrequited love including sushi and a one of the great recipes for Ungarishe gefilte fish .
“Should a bochur look up to a goisheh sport player???”
Only if they are shorter than the object of their adulation.
“Former federal prosecutor Rudy Giuliani should be appointed by President Trump’s new Attorney General as an independent Special Prosecutor ”
Really bad troll,……you obviously know there are some really outstanding attorneys and prosecutors in the right-wing segment of the Republican party who would actually be quite effective at leading a targeted investigation of the DOJ’s activities under AG Garland. Crazy Rudy might have been such an attorney 30+ years ago but as demonstrated in the post-2020 election, he is obviously in a steep downward spiral (whether dementia or simply old age) and is no longer capable of a coherent statement, much less leading any investigation. Also doesn’t help when you’ve sanctioned or disbarred in New York or DC.
Those of us suffering from TDS are seriously considering relocatingng to Budapest, the new global epicenter of progressive democratic governance (along with side benefits of ready access to Hortobágyi palacsinta and sirkepaprikás.
Dressing “differently” does not translate into marginalizing those who may come into a shul from a different hashkafah (or maybe no hashkafah). We should greet them with open arms and encourage them to return. I suspect, in most cases, they will quickly pick up on “minhag hamokom” with respect to the lvush of the mispallalim and conform without the need for exclusionary signage.
“Chassidim don’t have a real Mesorah, because it only dates back a few hundred years….”
How many hundreds of years does it take to officially “have a real Mesorah” ? I’ve always viewed the term a process through which minhagim are transmitted from one generation to the next
“Ban UJM, Joseph and his ilk..”
Actually, once you learn to get past his trolling (which admittedly takes a while), he is one of the smartest guys in the room (no disrespect to Jeff Skillings of Enron fame).
Uncle Ben: You’ve been around the CR long enough to recall that I originally discovered the 614th mitzvah years ago to troll the trollers. Tikun Olam is up there with Tofu-based chulent and other heimeshe priorities.
Most chabadniks don’t spend their free time running up and down Eastern Parkway with yellow flags. The Rebbe is Moisiach cult clearly has some traction but certainly NOT the majority view.
To quote a great American, Garbage + Garbage = 2Garbage.
In the spirit of Tikun Olam, your commentary will be ecologically disposed of along with the coffee grounds we routinely add to our compost pile.
It would actually make more sense to use a minimum IQ threshold for voting rights which would ensure that women have a structural majority irrespective of any explicit gender restrictions. Sadly, there are constitutional restrictions on applying such a test to candidates for federal office (since that might otherwise exclude a certain “stable genius” from running).
Alternatively, women could just change the”gender’ designation on their registration forms.
Nisht: Correct…only in the varbeshe section and only on days that chassidim don’t say tachnun except on the second day of rosh chodesh.
P.S. Yiddim are “greeners” who came over on the Mayflower
“The definition of a seudas mitzvah is one that is eaten in celebration of a mitzvah…”
Perhaps literally, but this definition implicitly devalues the whole concept of a siyum coupled with a seudas mitzvah. Most associate the concept with a significant degree of incremental effort in one’s limud torah, hashkafah, etc. Trivializing it with putting on teffilin, saying asher yatzar, toiveling in mikvah and other more routine mitzvos seems to be form over substance.
P.S. Try something innovative that you haven’t done before. Commit for shanayim mikra/echud targum for a least sefer Bereshis, try following R’ Eli’s nightly shiur in Hebrew (MDY home page link) for several weeks, volunteer to tutor a special needs bochur in a blat gemorah and celebrate a small accomplishment with him. All of these type events seem more in the spirit..
For the same reason Sephardeshe yiddim add “v’yatzmach purkanei v’kareiv mishichei.” in the repetition of the Amidah.
Because they can, and because it is part of their mesorah.
I suspect one “devalues the currency” if a Siyum becomes a routine affair or a pretense to to avoid other halachic restrictions.
Is there just one “Lelover Rebbe”? I thought there were several Lelover kehillos in both the U.S. and EY
For NEXT year, make a note that the Rothberg retail sales of California esrogim and arba minim sets were transferred to Rav Menachem Sirota who now runs the business under the name of PRI HADAR. You can google that name for a link to the order information.
Why would anyone want a telephone test to learn chumash/rashi ?? There a plenty of online tests if you feel that being tested on what you have learned would be helpful. Even more wierd is why you would be in need of an “incentive’ to learn torah when such learning provides much greater rewards than any online scam. Given that this week is shabbos b’reishis, have you considered starting on a disciplined program of Shnayim mikra ve-echad targum.
If Hezbolah and Iran increase their attacks on EY using a combination of rockets, missiles and drones, the Israeli supply of defensive weapons to take down these incoming attacks will quickly be overwhelmed. Israel absolutely needs to maintain U.S. arms shipments and limited deployment of air defense capabilities and it must take U.S. concerns into account or risk a major breakdown in defensive capability.b
“Hang up garlic bulbs in your Sukkah and pour garlic Powder on the table in your Sukkah and then bugs will not enter your Sukkah….”
Neither will people, and thus probably one option for keeping those pesky members of the family and schnorring shalichim from stopping by to admire those incredible “gadolim posters” the kids brought home from yeshiva. hb
“The salary [for CPAs] plateaus at a certain point unless you’re ambitious and put in lots of extra effort to really get ahead”
Hello!! The last time I checked, the compensation for just about ANY profession plateaus at a certain point unless the individual is willing to put in the effort to be sucessful. Even government positions are capped at a certain point (albeit with some CoL increases) and the only way of increasing your income is (i) to qualify for a job with more responsibility and higher pay scales or (2) start your own business where your compensation is only limited by your talent and willingness to take some risks.
Nisht: A varbeshe ostrich may argubly be referenced as “she/her” but the eggs are definitely “they/them”
Gedol: If you were ready to pay a nominal monthly fee to access the site, perhaps the publishers wouldn’t need to run ads with pictures of varbeshe socks that you find so offensive and threatening to your yetzer harah.
“The Torah is clear that we Jews should have nothing to do with the zionist state nor with its evil army of death. Ask any gadol…..”
Well, the Slabodka Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, Shlita, who also is a member of Degel Hatorah’s Council of Gadolim, was asked that question several days ago and his answer was that those yungerleit who are not learning in yeshiva SHOULD enlist in the IDF. His comments echo those of several other chashuvah rabbonim with respect to those who are not shteiging should be helping to defend the state in whatever way they can, including serving in the IDF.
“Mods: you probably didn’t read “habbaytzimhagedolim”;s username correctly. Please edit it.”
Participant:; Would “Ostrichegg” meet your editorial standards??
Huhh?? How did an “infomercial” with links to unvetted local PR agencies end up in the CR????
CrazyK: Well stated but as you are probably aware, MAGA chassidim refuse to allow historical facts to their deeply-held beliefs regarding the orange-haired Moshiach.
“Vasikin comes especially late in Boro Park….”
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At this point, perhaps the question that needs to be asked if he is remotely “good for the country”. He just pulled out of the 60 Minutes interviews that he and Harris had agreed to for this weekend. Apparently, his campaign team – after watching him over the last three days of increasingly unhinged and unstable ranting at his rallies, and this morning’s rants over the Iran missile attack, is clearly afraid of exposing him beyond comfortable forums such as NewsMax. Remember that back in October 2020, just before he lost the election , he had a meltdown on 60 Minutes and ran off the set when he apparently objected to Leslie Stahl’s questions.
Its all about HIM
As the missiles were landing around EY this AM, Trump’s first thoughts (and posts on his Truth Social site) were how none of this would have happened if HE was President and how he will magically “end the Israeli war” on his first day of returning to office (just like he will end the war in Ukraine, stop all illegal immigration, put a man on Mars etc. all on his first day in office). Not a word of sympathy for the people of EY or even the families of those killed in the terrorist attack at the light-rail station in Tel Aviv. But lots of words about HIM and some sick jokes about Biden who had just ordered U.S. navy ships to intercept the incoming missiles.