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Whatever one may choose to believe with respect to the Ebeshter’s “long-term plan” for the the olam he created, there are frequently immediate adverse environmental effects of human actions ( or shorter-term cumulative effects) that pose risks of pikuach nefesh and/or material property loss that make it insanity to rely upon some abstract notion of “shomer pesayim Hashem” to inoculate them from those effects. Nor are we permitted to “dump our garbage” on the goyim and simply ignore the adverse consequences we impose on others.
Have you tried one of several really excellent nitro-brewed bottled coffees. A bit expensive but well worth it if you really enjoy a good coffee drink on shabbos.
“He’s apparently a very picky cat, and if I serve him anything other than fresh salmon he flies into a tantrum”…
Well, he is really going to freak out since R’ Gavornlik, shlita, just paskined that the tolayim present in virtually all salmon are totallly asur in accordance with the holding of the Shulchan Aruch in Yoreh Deah (84:16). Recent studies have shown that in salmon, the tolayim migrate from the viscera to the flesh and skin. There are still some excellent varieties of dried kitty- kibble with outstanding chassideshe hashgacha that he may learn to love over time versus a painful death from hunger.
Are you suggesting that there should be an ongoing process to “filter out” those kollel yungerleit who are going through the motions of shteiging but fail to demonstrate certain minimum levels of achievement and progress (perhaps through some type of exams). Those who fail to progress would see their subsidies reduced/eliminated and counseled to go out and find a parnassah.
Provax: Because??
…while caution is always prudent, your comment is totally inappropriate and w/o any basis“After 15 years in the system (learning ALL DAY) – THERE IS NO EXCUSE why someone is NOT YET AN ABSOLUTE BAKI in Shas!!….NO EXCUSE!..”
Obviously, all your years in yeshiva left you sorely lacking in common sense and empathy with respect to judging those who did not live up to your expectations. Saying its “not their fault” totally misses the point. Its your metrics, not your measurements.
On a serious note, the incidents of cheating among students in Yeshivos is relatively rare and isolated. The majority of these cases, as reported in the media, are among computer savy public school students who get access to exams which have been distributed to some schools prior to the test date. Even then its more difficult since the sequencing of questions is frequently changed and some entirely new items dropped in.
Over the longer term, these standardized exams are being used less frequently, especially those like the SAT, LSAT etc. which historically were a primary tool for college and grad school admissions. Other tests like the Regents exams which are designed to measure proficiency in certain subject areas for advancement or graduation will probably continue, but even those are being refocused in the name of “equity”.“So you don’t see anything wrong with learning Gemora from women?”
Absolutely not, unless you prefer to wallow in your ignorance derived exclusively from male sources. If a woman can provide a more intelligible and accessible pshat on some sugyah you have previously had difficulty understanding, you’d be a real jerk to avoid reading it simply because it was WRITTEN by a woman.
So, grow up “Big Bochur?There are over 100 Israelis whose surname is “Gadol”listed in the Bezeq directory. Call first before showing up for your baracha.
Reb Yoef: You obviously woke up too early and arehaving a difficult time distinguishing sarcasm from reality, other than your own. Its been a long while since I took the NYS regents exams and don’t recall how easily it was back then to access a cheat sheet but I’m certain your resourcefulness would have overcome the barrier. I do recall that for the SATs, there was a network of bochurim who spoke with their non-frum contacts motzi shabbos who had taken the exams on Saturdays and were generous in sharing their collective knowledge to their chavrusah who were taking the exam on Sunday.
As UJM advised, when in doubt, cheat. It has apparently worked well for him so perhaps a winning strategy if your long-term objective is to grow up to become a troll on frum social media.
Let it go. Some of you guys really don’t know when you’re being trolled by a poor version of the Trollster Rebbe.
Not clear why the concept of “extinction” of certain species is not compatible with a belief in a dynamic evolution of the world with all occurring in accordance to bio-physical principles promulgated by the Ebeshter. New species evolve over time as old ones go extinct. New technologies allow for reintroduction of biological clones of what are believed to be extinct species. Its not apikorsus to believe in some overall plan for these dynamics.
Who are the Gedolim to visit?
Huh??? You make it sound like a tourist with limited time going on TripAdvisor and searching for the
“10 Top Sites in Yenavelt”. There are plenty of gadolim at home (if you are coming from the U.S.) so you don’t have to go shopping for barachos and segulahs in EY. More to the point, as Yungermans notes, just try a direct visit with the Ebeshter and forego the intermediaries.Too many gadolim on this board…getting very confused as to what I didn’t say, what I didn’t know and when I didn’t know it.
” we want to be able to say what we want and have a normal conversation…”
Clearly, you should be posting on the new Trump social media site called “Emes” (aka Truth Social) which was created with the promise of no censorship and free expression. Unless, of course, you happen to post anything which expresses doubts that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him or that he cheats in golf. Alternatively, make believe you are the next Elon Musk and simply purchase YWN for $46 billion and fire all the Mods and allow everyone to “say what they want”.
” Everything is just peachy creamy in the American kollel system and there is nothing that can be improved.
Rocky, your sarcasm notwithstanding, there are obviously aspects of EVERY element of Jewish life that always can be improved. However, you seem determined to focus on the fewer negatives rather than the much greater number of positives.
AAQ: Larry Summers is one of the smartest guys in the Democratic party, although he doesn’t always endear himself to his left. He was predicting inflation over a year ago, argued strongly against the big Covid spending plans and ridiculed the Fed’s use of “transitory” in describing spiking price levels.
Unlikely he would be Tweeting or posting in the CR about the so called “evils” you enumerate. The BMG velt is unlike anything that the Rav Z’L or anyone for that matter could ever have imagined 60 years ago in terms of the resurgence of yiddishkeit in the U.S. You could have asked the same question about the gadolei yisroel in the Alte Heim during the late 1800s looking ahead.
Very unlikely that a real estate agent would be menachem avel just on the chance that he/she might meet their beschert or connect with shadchanim among those also visiting someone sitting shivah.
AAQ: The likely “Mister Speaker” post 2022 midterm elections spoke clearly and unequivocally in the week following 1/6 clearly blaming Trump for unleashing the rioters and failing to act in response to his rantic telephone messages to the Chief of Staff and others begging for help from the military. Weeks later he was flying down to Mar a Lago edited and begging for mechilah for what he had said. Even now, he lives in mortal fear that Trump and the right-wing crazies in the Freedom Caucus will push for a more MAGA candidate for speaker. I’ll take Nancy anytime with her stupid giggling, cosmetic surgery and inebriated husband.
“As for the mitzvah of raising more children? Here’s an idea
Don’t marry that optional second wife and instead use your extra time and energy to learn..”Not sure how using the extra time to learn will somehow result in having more children with Wife No. 1 as distinct from quality time with Wife No 2.
Syag: Rural life has its benefits. More time to shave the cat, count the salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish ladder, climb the Redwoods, toivel in natural mikvahs and most importantly, read the House organizing resolution (H. Res 503) for the 1/6 Committee and objectives of the public hearings, including, inter alia:
“investigate and inform the public regarding the facts, circumstances, and causes relating to the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol…”
A gutten shabbos.
“The capitol had been breached at least 6 times in US history, and never had a congressional inquiry investigating it…”
Agreed…and this wasn’t even a “breach” and there were no “rioters”. The police invited them all to climb in through the broken ground floor windows for guided “tours” of their capital building, to take some souvenirs from the Speaker’s office and erect and engage in mock combat with the uniformed security staff for a documentary they were preparing.
AD: Even a bird can believe that the Ebeshter controls what happens in the world but forego fouling its own nest. We have had multiple threads over the years about complaints from neighbors that frum residents let garbage pile up on the street, fail to mow their lawns or maintain their shrubs etc. one of the responses is that somehow, the time associated with such activities is bitul torah or that large frum families cannot be expected to adhere to a goyishe “suburban aesthetic”. The two (being frum and being attentive to the environment) are not mutually exclusive.
“wow GH, is he your brother in law or something?”
Unlikely. I just checked my family tree and we don’t have any Italian Catholics from Baltimore listed, but I’ll let you know if anything comes up since the guy’s real estate portfolio is worth over a hundred million dollars and I’d love to be part of his mishpacha
P.S. And yes, I’d be glad to “scream” at you anytime (although I tend not to post in ALL CAPS] if you posted some absurd comment that you could just as easily checked for accuracy in less time than it took to type the post. While I think Pelosi is really a gifted politician and did some great stuff in the past, I wish she would have turned over the leadership to a younger Dem after the 2020 elections. However, she has actually done a reasonable job of keeping the Dems together on most issues notwithstanding the growing schism between the lefty crazies and declining number of “moderates”.
A nutcase on EITHER side of the political spectrum should never be able to purchase a gun. Individuals recently committed for psychiatric care and/or on medication for serious mental health issues, someone posting threats of violence on social media, individuals with prior criminal records as a juvenile etc. are NOT flagged under our current system of background checks and Republicans are totally opposed to expanding the system as a form of unconstitutional “prior restraint”. I couldn’t care whether its Proud Boys, BLM or Troglodytes for Trump, they should never be allowed to access a gun. YUes, they could still commit horrific crimes with other weapons but more difficult
Lakewhut: I guess that in Lakewood you get your news from some dimit Trumkopf Republican congresswoman from Colorado (Boebert ) who retweeted this phony headline. If you bothered to check with the relevant source (which is obviously against your hashkafah) the assertion is false. Napa County District Attorney Allison Haley confirmed in a news release issued on Thursday BEFORE YOU POSTED that:
“The case is currently under review to decide what, if any, charges will be filed against Mr. Pelosi.” Ask any of your left coast legal buddies and they will tell you that this is SOP for any DUI case that is referred by a law enforcement agency in Napa County and most of California.i
This guy had obvious mental health issues but fortunately did not act on his impulses, unlike some of the recent shooters. His social media posts indicated he was searching for some action that would “give his life some meaning”. Doesn’t sound like too much of a hard core radical but should never have been allowed to purchase these weapons.
“He [Herzog] quotes the famous teaching of rav saadya gaon that klal yisroel is a nation only by virtue of the Torah – this is the first time I’ve seen a zionist, religious or secular, mention it. ”
There were [and still are] many religious Zionists going back to the late 19th century who expressed similar perspectives but added a duality of needing to provide an economic and national security framework wherein those dedicated to limud torah could coexist with a secular population. In those days it wasn’t as much of a binary choice between secular and frum.
“Can’t wait to hear more Trump updates from those who just can’t stop thinking about him…”
Then make sure you have your VCR set to record each episode so you can play your favorite Trumpkopf moments of insanity over and over again. I’m especially looking forward to the testimony where he apparently was hiding in the upstairs residence lav watching on TV and kvelling as the rioters were beating the Capital Police as one family member and staffer after another begged him to tell them to stand down in between text messages from Sean Hannity and the rest of the Fox news chevrah worrying about his “legacy”.
In the 5+ years since you first raised the complex shaylah of “why do animal lovers eat their food”, there have been great strides in research explaining the phenomena. However, the mystery of “what happened with the BP Ezras Nashim on Monday Night” is still under investigation.
Just about every advanced economy in the world has adopted varying degrees of recycling both because of the favorable economics and some cultural/ethical version of “tikun olam”. In NYC and other major metro areas which are literally running out of space to dump solid waste, recycling provides for a small reduction in the need to export trash to more rural states at great cost to taxpayers. Even in developing economies, recycling in its most basic form is an economic imperative and the “waste” of the affluent literally provides economic sustenance to the more impoverished segments of the population. In countries like India and China, there are literally millions of people who survive by sorting through the waste dumped at landfills to find whatever they can resell for a few dollars a day. It becomes a “scam” only when there is no economic or environmental rationale for a particular recycling program and it is being done for some abstract “conservation” reason.
As several posters have noted, you are conveying a great sense sense of comfort by being menachem avel, even when you may not have been close to the niftar or his/her family. At a time of such great loss,you are affirming the life of the niftar was important to you and others simply by your physical presence.
“I’m a Shomer Torah U’mitvos man, and I’m looking for my bashert. Now what”
Go toivel in the BP mikvah on 46th street, and when you are done, stand outside and someone will come by wearing a striped (Yerushalmi style) bekishe pushing a baby carriage and hand you a note with her contact information. Move quickly because that note will self-destruct within one hour.
Alternatively, if you can get Elon Musk to volunteer as your shabbos goy, just make sure you get into your Model X prior to licht benchen and the rest will just happen.
BigBochur: Perhaps you thought that since mommy allowed you to wear your “bigboy pants” that also was an authorization to Troll on a site where you are up against some world-class trollers. For example, you commented that Dr. Judith Hauptman was the first woman to receive a PhD in Talmud. You neglected to note that she is one of the most brilliant authors and commentators on judaic studies and is consistently cited for her insights. Perhaps aspire to her madregah and stop publicly flaunting your ignorance.
Even though D’rabanan, chazal bring down that is is mutar only in a “self-driving” mode, similiar to getting on/off a shabbos elevator.
Assuming R’ Gershon will provide a heter, there are probably multiple CR participants who are ready to send you their contact information
Our shul, and most of those I’m familiar already have adopted such security measure for several years. We are also fortunate to have local police parked outside at the regular davening times or when some special event or simcha is scheduled. Privately owned markets will have to decide whether to invest in such security
“Mod, please rename this thread to “Trumpism won in Amerika”
Trumpism lost in 2020 and will lose again in 2024, if he is not indicted in the interim.
“A SEUDAH WITH NO MEAT IS NOT A SUDAH!!!!”
For tens of thousands of frum yidden, meat is not an option so they get their protein from other sources. There can be greater hidur mitzvah with an elegant milchig or fish meal versus some cheap/fatty fleishig entre.
n0mesorah: Correlation never establishes “causation” but can endow a hypothesis with greater or less statistical confidence. As you note, you can perform a HS science project showing causation (aka fossil fuel combustion yields greater C02 and tie that to warming) but then trying to directly link fossil combustion since the start of the industrial revolution to atmospheric CO2 levels, average temps, etc. requires statistical modeling.
UJM: Give it a break…
The core debate is not the warming trend per sei, its the first derivative of that trend or the rate of change. In brief, the argument is really over whether the available data is sufficiently reliable over a sufficient long time horizon to reach any decisions on the relative contribution of human activity to what most scientists now believe is an accelerating rate of warming.
MTG is generally dumbi but has learned to strategically invoke racist and sometimes anti-semitic tropes to solidify her connection with the hard core right.
” I don’t know any litvish who wants to be anything but litvish..
You’ve never been on 13th Avenue on a hot, muggy summer day and observed some guy in a short sleeve white shirt and black pants turn around and gaze backwards, his eyes full of longing. at some sharply attired chusid in an elegant fur shtreimel, striped bekeshe and those really cool long white socks. I wouldn’t expect them to say anything out loud but deep inside, you know what they’re thinking.
Whats so unusual. As noted above, many yidden are given a first and middle name at birth to cover both sides of the family (although most go just by the first and last). Even more now have a hyphenated last name Moshe Ben-Gevalt or Sarah Goldman-HaLevi
The school in Texas did have a trained security guard who this shooter was able to get by. The classroom had been hardened to keep OUT a shooter but he got in and locked the door so that police could not enter for over 25 minutes. They finally thought to ask the principal for a key which is how they finally entered and took him out. By that time, he had slaughtered 18 kids and teachers.
Sadly, it more likely that rabbonim and gabboim will accidentally end up shooting the shaliach tzibur or baal koreh in the foot than taking out a real terrorist. If at risk, pay for a trained security guard during davening. Yeshivos in most major states already are eligible for public funding of security guards.