Gadolhadorah

As usual, CTLawyer makes a critical point. A college degree for the wife is in the interests of BOTH parties, especially if the guy is planning to shteig 24×7 for even a few years. More importantly, it is essential going forward for the wife so she never feels at risk of having to stay in a dysfunctional relationship solely for economic reasons. Hopefully, that will never be an issue but certainly it will be a net positive when the time comes to pay multiple yeshiva tuitions, summer camp expenses, etc.

Daiya has an incredible vegan New York Cheesecake (with OU hashgacha) that is preferred by squirrels and other rodents.

A bunch of Litvish guys in Black Hats can run up and down 13th Avenue passionately waving yellow flags and singing yechi. Does that make them any less yearning for z’man moishiach than if they did so on Eastern Parkway??

CS: There are companies which originally had “ties” to the Nazis that were sold decades ago to other entities in the U.S., EU countries, China and even EY. So it really depends on how you want to parse the ownership issue. One of the most widely referenced web sites listing corporations with direct Nazi ties or collaborations listed one of the three largest U.S. banks as selling Nazi war bonds, the 4th largest U.S. pharmaceutical company manufacturing drugs using Nazi slave labor and one of the most widely used providers of 401Ks to American businesses was a major German insurance company providing direct support to the Nazi war effort. There are still some direct 100% owned German companies that haven’t changed their upstream control since the Shoah but many have.

If you are a political cynic or pragmatist, you’d want to track ALL the news sites (from far right to far left) and maintain your own assessment of reality. Alternatively, you can subscribe to certain hard copy reliable frum media and make sure you scan the most recent edition before your wife grabs it eruv shabbos to wrap the fish.

So it wasn’t you getting off that plane with an umbrella in your hand smiling at the cameras and intoning “peace in our time”???

So Neville, after 2 weeks and 175 posts later, has anything really changed or will you be taking another 4 year hiatus and returning again in 2027 like the Rip Van Winkle of the CR bemoaning the fact that Trump had another election stolen from him and Hunter Biden has announced his candidacy to run against Don Jr. in the 2028 Presidential elections.

Square Root: There is new technology available for methane capture and utilization via combustion.

After watching a few deep fake campaign ads for both ends of the political spectrum, its going to be almost impossible to know whats real in the coming election cycle. Most impressive was an impassioned video featuring Trump himself endorsing AOC for reelection and Chuck Schumer urging voters in the Third Congressional District on Long Island to reelect George Santos.

A story he shared regarding a time before his future father-in-law visited his father to speak about the proposed shidduch with his daughter, he saw his father remove from his bookcases every sefer that had his son’s name written inside. The Rav, Z’L explained that it was customary for visiting talmedei chachaim to browse through their host’s bookshelves, and he did not want to “impress” his visitor with anything that did not belong to him personally. Among his great contributions was to compile and reissue the sefarim of his grandfather, the Chasan Sofer to which he added some of his own thoughts.
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Reminder that it is Justice Gorsuch, the author of the opinion, who has consistently pushed back as to how the dormant commerce clause can be applied. Justice Gorsuch’s opinion holds that California’s law on pork sales is strictly kosher because it doesn’t intentionally discriminate economically against out-of-state businesses, unlike other state laws that the Court has struck down. Gorsuch along with conservative Justices Thomas and Barrett were true to their federalist beliefs and did not find any Constitutional basis for federal preemption of a state’s policy preferences on how food sold in that state should be produced. To rule otherwise, would grant the federal government powers to override state laws on virtually unlimited matters of varying import, something that seems to have escaped the Chief Justice.

Justice Kavanaugh puts it best: California “has attempted, in essence, to unilaterally impose its moral and policy preferences for pig farming and pork production on the rest of the Nation” and “propounded a ‘California knows best’ economic philosophy” that “undermines federalism and the authority of individual States.”

Justice Gorsuch writes that Congress, under its Commerce Clause authority, can pass a law that overrules state regulation like California’s. That’s a good message to send to Capitol Hill. But until that happy day, and especially in this polarized era, the majority opinion will embolden more states to impose their social policies on the commerce of other states.

The Court’s majority also offers no clear guidance to lower-court judges who will have to decide challenges to those state laws. Don’t be surprised if the policy preferences of judges replace the judge-made doctrine the Court has now thrown over the side.

Itchy: If you type “di letzte gedank’ into your browser, click on the first item you can hear the entire soundtrack including the Shtinkowitzs’ arrival from Romania and their efforts to get through immigration at the airport…absolutely hysterical starting with Chaim’s efforts to explain to an obviously Black immigration officer what he will be doing for a parnassah (aka professional “schneurer”). When the “aroma” from the shmates in his suitcase triggers a question as to how long he has been wearing those clothes, the response seems to be since churban bayis sheini…and on and on…

There are powerplant workers in the U.S. who are also Jewish, although the numbers are obviously de minimis relative to those working for Chvrat Hahashmal. Do we not worry about it because the likelihood a jewish powerplant operator or worker in the NYISO or gPJM dispatch center is a Yid?

Rav Mavis does not owe anyone an explanation beyond his statement and the public efforts he made, with the assistance of the Charles’ staff, to participate while recognizing the shabbos context. The small-minded comments here (“political pulpit rabbis”) are not much different from those who describe R’ Yosef and R’ Lau as “political hacks”.

“And then he sat there, in the church, listening to real goyishe blabber….

Yechiell: Well, we sit here respectfully listening to real yiddeshe blabber from you about a Rav you have obviously never met. You are entitled to your misinformed opinion about his actions (and those of prior chief rabbonim of the UK) who weighed the pros and cons of participating in key events in British history and decided on a case-by-case basis whether and hot to participate. Rav Mirvis concluded here that his presence was in the best interests of the kehilla he is responsible for and most yidden in the UK respect his decision. I wasn’t a big fan of Jared Kushner driving in a big limo to the inaugural on shabbos back in early 2016 but respected the “pikuach nefesh” rationalization underlying the dispensation for chilul shabbos ostensibly received from his Rav.
I frequently go back to the musar from Rav Yisreol Salanter who advised those who came to him seeking condemnation of the actions of others to focus on their own neshamah and leave the rest to the Ebeshter.

ZAfter the religious service has ended, the King will receive a greeting by Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, Muslim and Buddhist leaders.

The move reflects Charles’ deeply-held belief in promoting unity between different faiths through championing interfaith dialogue and celebrating the major religions practised in the UK.

“At the coronation he [R’ Mirvin] will be asked to swear oath to King Charles…

Zeturth: Again, NOT truthful. The so called “oath” will be elicited after the ceremony from millions attending the live ceremony, lining the nearby streets and watching on TV. Neither Rav Mirvin, hid predecessor R. Saks, Z’L nor any Chief Rabbi in modern times has ever “sworn’ an oath of allegiance to the monarch nor have they ever been in a situation where they were asked to.
Also, the participation of R’ Mirvin will be AFTER the religious portions of the coronation ceremony which will be limited to Bishops of the Anglican Church. Participants from other religious denominations will offer “greetings” in a separate portion of the ceremonies AFTER the religious segment. This will be the FIRST time there will be formal participation from reps from other religious groups which the palace has described as “an unprecedented gesture that will reflect the religious diversity of the Realms of King Charles III”. However, the “greeting” (which will be in a form of best wishes and good health for the new monarch and his family) from Rav Mirvis will NOT be audible for anyone watching on TV or outside Westminster Abbey because the Rav will be standing AWAY from the podium where the broadcast microphone is situated and unless he has a really loud voice, ONLY the royal party on the podium or in the first few rows will hear a word he says.
I understand that many feel he should not be there at all on Shabbos, but the Rav is an ehrliche yid who has done much for the tzibur living in the UK and believes his participation is both necessary and justified under HIS understanding of halacha.

An embroidered cloth screen is decorated with a large tree which represents the 56 member countries of the Commonwealth and three angels flying above it.

Anyone in chinuch who is posting daily about despising all the parents, teachers and the school in which he lectures is unlikely to be a “big lamdan”, although he may be a legend in his own mind.

“What a disgrace for Israel: Herzog and his wife will be at the church to “honor” the illegimate king on saturday…”

Well, not really since President Herzog will be staying close to Westminster and will walk to the coronation with the Chief Rav of England, Rav Mirvis, shlita. The Rav will be staying at St James’s Palace erev shabbos, daven at a nearby shul and the palace is providing kosher catering with a top hashgacha.

‘Chinese people eat dog meat…’
Most Chinese restaurants serving dog meat lack a good hashgacha.

When I see the ‘president of Israel’ going to church with his wife on saturday, I kind of like this galus…
Zeruth: Then I suspect you must be kvelling as you watched the PM of EY gulping down a blg ugly looking Lobster on the Shabbos before Pesach at one of the top restaurants in London. Mi kamocha yisroel!!

“[One option would be to]Lie about it and forge documents…”

On further consideration, this may be a great idea. Specifically, when the OP is arrested and detained at JFK for forging vaccination documents, we can start a pidyon shavuim funding campaign on behalf of West Bank.

CA: he may not be YOUR president but he has and is exercising all the powers of the Presidency so you can blissfully ignore him but that is really irrelevant to what is happening in the real world.

“If Trump becomes the 45th and 47th presidents of the US, how many US presidents will be colossal jerks, 1 or 2?”

In fairness, there were other Presidents who might be deemed “colossal jerks”. A recent survey of journal articles by the American Historical Society found that Warren Harding, Ulysses Grant, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Zachary Taylor and Andrew Johnson were the overwhelming choice of historians as the “worst presidents in American history. Having said that, one can challenge the notion that being among the “worst presidents” is synonymous with being a “colossal jerk”. Clearly, the Trumpkopf would satisfy both criteria although there are some who were failures at leadership but not necessarily jerks.u