Gadolhadorah

Don’t rely on ANY network. Wherever possible, do your own diligence based on source documents. It so easy today to quickly locate and download court filings and decisions, government reports, etc. Don’t rely on any filters…read and decide for yourself.

SCOTUS has ruled on several of the vaccine mandates. It has upheld the EOs dealing with health care workers and rejected the EO (implemented through OSHA) that created the mandate for all employers >100 employees. In both cases, the rulings were NOT based on constitutionality but the procedure through which the rules were adopted (short-circuiting the APA) or absence of underlying statutory authority for a rule of the scope contemplated (aka the blanket OSHA rule).

Scotch

“Why would a woman be traveling alone??”

@UJM: Are you offering your services as a “heimeshe travel companion” ?If so, where does the line form?

Not sure what level commercial or legal positions you are addressing. We have done multiple transactions with Israeli companies represented by Israeli counsel and bankers and I’ve not encountered situations where anyone on either side of the deal who was shomer shabbos had any difficulty finding accommodation. Even the closing schedules routinely took account of shabbosim and yom tovim. If you are talking about mid-level management positions in retail or commercial service companies or routine legal/accounting work for individuals, I’d agree that willingness to work weekends (including Saturday) is more likely to be an issue both in the U.S. and increasingly in EY.

“How is it legally different for the government to regulate a requirement to cover ones legs, stomach or other body parts than to regulate covering ones mouth and nose?”

Probably not an appropriate question for the CR but take my word that there are peer-reviewed studies showing why uncovering certain parts of the anatomy may offend pubic sensibility and decency and trigger midflight disruption more than others. Until 2 years ago, there were a few episodes ever year where flights were diverted or passengers removed from planes for “displaying” too much of their real estate. None of those, to my knowledge were either a nose or mouth. Passengers COULD be denied boarding if they openly appeared to have a contagious illness but that rarely happened. All of those rules were specified in the airlines’ filed tariffs. Conversely, the FAA’s authority to promulgate rules (using proper APA procedures were codified in its organic statute and were not changed by airline deregulation which eliminated the CAB).

Such actions are fundamentally prohibited in the Aseres H’adibros Shamos (20:17)
לא תחמוד את המנקה של רעך

Feds have full authority to set rules governing interstate commerce which spans all forms of jurisdictional interstate transportation by air, rail, bus, trucking etc. The 1978 Airline Deregulation Act “deregulated” the airline industry in terms of removing federal control over such areas as fares, routes, and market entry of new airlines but the regulatory powers of the FAA to set rules governing air transportation health and safety remain intact.

“There’s the obvious issue of the choson being lifted over the mechitza and viewing the women’s section…”

I’m glad its an “obvious issue” of a Choson being carried on a table holding on for dear life being “lifted over” the mechitza where the bochurim presumably hand over the table (with the Choson still hanging on) to the women on the other side so he can watch his kallah and all her friends engaging in you know what??? Meanwhile, the Mashgiach at the simcha hall is checking his Hashgacha Manual to decide whether he needs to yell STOP!!

AAQ: Most of the major national law firms and investment banks offer up to 6 months paternal leave for their associates and VPs (an entry level position in the banks)… most with full pay for the first several months. some for all 6 months. The policy in our firm and many others also grants a separate category of paternal leave for adopting parents. If a woman supporting her husband in kollel has completed law school or with an MBA working in a bank is eligible, she could take off for months with pay and still have an income. I’m not sure how often the paid-leave option can be taken for those contemplating big families.

The funniest part of the interview with Trump was where he seemingly acknowledged not having read the Durham filing nor had his lawyers explained it to him but he still insisted it vindicated him entirely (just like the Mueller Report vindicated him by stating they had found 11 possible instances of obstruction of justice on which he could have been indicted but they decided not to make the criminal referrals because of the DOJ policy that a sitting President cannot be criminally charged). The dumb as a doornail Fox host listened to this garbage w/o interrupting him or correcting his false narrative.

The real reason that no one other than Fox/OAN/NewsMax are not running the Durham story is that its mainly not a story. Please read his filing to the Court, not what others are speculating his filing MIGHT mean or can be twisted to mean.
There is no “there” there, even for YWN.

AAQ: In a world of telecommuting, our firm and others I work with typically have no problem accommodating the needs of those who are shomer shabbos or with other religious preferences. Our bigger problem these days are the burdens of dealing with increasingly generous paternal leave policies where younger associates can take off for up to six months with pay after the birth of a child and be assured of returning to their prior position with no loss of status. It creates significant frictions with those who have to pick up the slack while they are out on leave.

AAQ. Unlike the vaccines, the government did not enter into agreements with the PCR test providers that would provide a fixed number of their tests at a negotiated price. Instead, Congress mandated that testing be covered by insurance under defined circumstances, and the insurers negotiate with the test providers as to reimbursement rates. The government does not have authority to set prices for Covid tests, absent very specific circumstances.

Aside from the general obligation to be mesamach choson v’kalah I doubt there is any actual source where chazal bring down that lifting the choson/kalah on chairs, tables etc. is simply an extension of the custom for some to hoist the kalah (not the Choson) on their shoulders and dance. We learn this in several places including Ketubot (17a)

רַב אַחָא מַרְכֵּיב לַהּ אַכַּתְפֵּיהּ וּמְרַקֵּד אָמְרִי לֵיהּ רַבָּנַן אֲנַן מַהוּ לְמִיעְבַּד הָכִי אֲמַר לְהוּ אִי דָּמְיָין עֲלַיְיכוּ כִּכְשׁוּרָא לְחַיֵּי וְאִי לָא לָא

Very loosely translated: Rav Acḥa would place the kallah on his shoulders and dance. The Rabbonim said to him: What is the psak…is it permitted for us to do so as well? Rav Acha said to them: If brides are comparable for you to a beam, fine, but if not, no, you may not.
Apparently this minhag was subsequently extended to the choson but some rabbonim felt the custom of having the brides legs dangling over someone’s shoulders and carried around the simcha hall of that era was undignified, untziniusdik and potentially problematic from the perspective of negiah etc. and chairs were added to the formula. (Nitei Gavriel, Nissuin, 41:14)

“People who learn during the week should sleep more on Shabbos…People who work during the week, should learn more on Shabbos…

And normal people who BOTH work and learn during the week should enjoy shabbos, get some rest, and find some time to learn a vert or two…
Yidden don’t live in a binary world.

AP, Reuters and sometimes WSJ may have a slant on some stories, but overall, they are far more balanced and objective than the alternatives. For many of us, YWN already puts its editorial “spin” on news articles by the headlines and stock photos they run over the wire service stories. YWN readers have the sophistication to read the articles, know its source, and assess the information provided.
If you want an echo chamber for your own views while ostensibly hearing alternative perspectives, you can get a dual subscription to the online Hamodia and AlJazeera websites.

I’ve learned its really not worth the effort to debate anyone who feels their “life and liberty” were fundamentally disrupted by having to wear a mask in certain circumstances. These sad individuals typically were angry underachievers prior to Covid and now have a “new” issue to to grab on to that helps them cope with their sad lives. Yes, there are legitimate differences on the efficacy and metrics to assess various protocols, drugs and therapies but to those who claim its an existential matter for them, nothing will help and after a point, they are unworthy of further dialogue. As most posters have noted, masks were an annoyance but we complied where necessary and have now moved on to pretty much a pre-covid lifestyle.
Memo to the anti-everythingers: Get a life and move on too before your anger and hatred eat you up from the inside.

BY1212; Thanks…I wouldn’t have know the Daniel reference but embarrassed that I didn’t remember the clear references in the Megillah.

Where is the inyan of there being an Adar A and Adar B first mentioned in Tanach or was it brought down later by chazal? My vague recollection is references to a chodesh by the number (aka 7th month) or in the context of other naarative where the time is known (aka h’chodesh hazeh lachem rosh chadashim). But where do we find the first reference to Tishrei , Adar Aleph etc.

“Regarding your agreement with Joe that it be a she and not a he, Hashem has very good reason to insists judges only be a He….

Presumably, the Ebeshter also would have voted against (i) the 19th Amendment in 1920 (ii) confirmation of Sandra Day O’Connor as the first woman justice of SCOTUS in 1981 and (iii) Esther Hayut as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of EY in 2017 but records show abstentions in each case. Perhaps there was a change in those “very good reasons” somewhere along the way.

“Charliehall, you really think you are making a difference”

Yes. A BIG difference….even one hater or hateful post that is banned/taken down is progress. Sadly, the numbers look overwhelming but the big tech firms are finally getting the message and doing more on their own. Its ironic that some of the “new” right wing MAGA sites (Gab etc.) have become the new homes for white supremacists and anti-semites that are as bad as the anti-Israel/BDS posts (disguised anti-semitism) on the more traditional social media sites.

On every college campus there are truly courageous young men and women (most not frum) who are pushing back against a growing anti-israel/anti-semitic stream of venom from sol called “progressive” student groups, with some degree of faculty support. They need more support and resources from the traditional Jewish mosdos since they are on the front line of this rhetorical assault on EY.