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Its not certain that they were removed by FCC order, much less fined. As I noted above, its speculation since the FCC rarely publicizes its enforcement actions against these “pirate” stations unless its a repeat offender. Most of the time, their respond to complaints from the commercial station ans simply try to get the offenders off-the-air.

Reb Yosef: Will our frequent flyer miles have an value in Z’man Moishiach. You indicate you have all your bags ready with “everything you will need”. For those of us who travel with carry-ons only, could you share your packing list so we have a good starting point. Will we need only shabbos/yom tov l’vush? Will we need certain seforim? Its a real challenge for us poishete yidden who don’t have the insights on these kinds of logistical arrangements?

Think of smicha the same way you would think of a graduate degree from a university in a secular context. Earning an advanced degree from Harvard, Yale or Stanford is a considerably more rigorous and legitimately prestigious achievement than the same degree from Yenavelt State Online University. Likewise, for some CR readers, smicha conferred by a rosh yeshiva at BMG, Telz, MIr etc. conveys considerably greater respect and prestige for legitimate reasons, namely the rigor of the learning, the comprehensiveness of the testing and the gadlus of the rabbonim conveying the smicha as compared to a smicha from REITS or R’L from Rav Avi Weiss or JTS. There are a lot of “Rebbeles” opening their own shuls and yeshivos in recent years with smicha from rabbonim whose own provenance is questionable but yet they have the standing to produce another generation of “rebbeim”.

While there has been no formal announcement, your speculation is most likely correct with respect to why your favorite “pirate” heimeshe stations are off the air. For those who don’t follow the arcane rules, the FCC is required under the Federal Communications Act to protect the integrity and “property rights” of licensees holding broadcast rights over certain frequencies. When Trump appointed Ajit Pai as chairman of the FCC, Pai promised to take more aggressive action to eliminate pirate stations and has sought to increase the fines imposed for violators. The problem is that as transmission equipment has become cheaper and more sophisticated there were a proliferation of pirate stations operating, in major urban markets focused on ethnic listeners who were not served by commercial stations. In the NYC metro area, the frequencies between
87 and 92 FM have been especially “crowded” with at times nearly a dozen pirate stations operating with hosts speaking in Creole (Hatian), Yiddish, Hebrew ( and several other languages. For example, the Kol HaShalom broadcasts in Hebrew on FM 88.7 were periodically blocking out the signal from Long Island’s WRHU which had complained that its broadcasts on the Island barely were audible (except on Shabbos) over the hum of KolHashalom.
If you want to know for certain, file a FOIA request with the FCC regarding any enforcement action they have recently taken.

Perhaps we can find a bunch of guys to run up and down Eastern Parkway with yellow banners proclaiming that when Moishiach comes, the shidduch crisis will be over. Then we can start a new thread combining the two most popular subjects in the history of the CR.

Does anyone have any example where chazal bring down any guidelines as to who should work versus shteigiing 24×7 or what portion of a person’s daily waking hours should be spent earning a parnassah for his/her family with the balance of their time devoted to limud torah. Do we read V Higisa Bo Yomam V Laylah as requiring full-time learning and if so, how do we explain hundreds of years of our mesorah where in the alte heim, the majority of yidden were farmers, retailers, as well as doctors and scientist, with some time carved out for limud torah?

His positions on EY (to the degree he has even spoken to the issue) seem to tilt in the direction of those who focus on Palestinian rights w/o a commensurate concern for Israel’s security. I do like his focus on the future job market and the radical changes posed by automation, robotics and artificial intelligence which have the potential to eliminate millions of low skilled jobs. None of the other candidates seem to be addressing this issue.

Reb Eliezer: If chazerfleish and other currently treif animals will be “kosher” in zman moishiach, what will happen to all the ehrliche yidden who earn their parnassah as mashgichim? I guess there will still be a need to worry about insects in Romaine lettuce and worms in Salmon.

It depends… Do you have someone in mind? Most yungerleit really are not anxious to work to begin, so the prospect of working for their prospective shver for 7-14 years is a non-started.

Not to discourage further discussion, but if you scroll down a few posts, you will see the identical thread with about 15 responses.

Plant=based chazerfleish in your shabbos chulent??

Call 1-800-Junk or rent a U-Haul and schlep all the stuff to some local “charity” and donate your tax deduction to a yiddeshe mosdos.

Any large shul should spend whatever funds that are necessary to have professional security personnel on site during davening and other shul events. There are increased federal and state grants available to assist in the funding. In many cities, the local police are providing supplemental security at key times but obviously cannot protect every shtiebel or beis medrash. However, it would be madness to simply allow every Moishe and Yankel to pack w/o their first having received comprehensive training. Sadly, many states don’t require ANY training (or allowing minimal online courses) in lieu of actual training at an authorized range by a certified instructor. In fact, the individual who took out the shooter in the Texas church last week was himself a former gun range owner and instructor.

Congrats…..first shidduch thread of 2020….at least you had the good judgement to avoid using the term “crisis” or any synonyms in your posting. As to your suggestion, I would respectfully submit that a wedding is probably not the time or place to conduct an asifah for local shadchanim. People come to be mesameach choson v’kalah, not to be reminded about their own marital status (or lack therof).

AJ: The real danger, as so eloquently articulated by our former DefSec R’ Rumsfeld, is because chazal bring down that there are inyanim the facts and consequences of which we are very confident (aka “known knowns) But there are also inyanim which are really” known unknowns” where we know in advance that there are parameters of a situation in which we may not know until that event is upon us. In the latter case, we can discuss with a Rav the various hypotheticals about what daas torah would have us do under different scenarios….in other words, we learn how to analyze new facts and circumstances to guide our behavior. The real challenge are inyanim which R’ Rumsfeld referenced the “unknown unknowns”—the ones we don’t know we don’t know. In those cases, a man will typically push forward and pasken for himself and his wife incorrectly based on what they THINK they know whereas a woman will tend to be less aggressive and pause to consider their options or defer action until they can consult with their LRP.

Yacr85:
A few important distinctions. UBL was not the head of military of a sovereign state. This guy was. Also, he routinely traveled to Iraq and other countries in the region, but the administration has thusfar failed to provide any evidence that this time was different and there was some immediate threat linked tot the visit last week. If so, than the targeting was 100 percent appropriate. However, given the absence of any documented threat assessment (even to the members of Congress with clearance for classified information) the timing is what everyone is being questioned. Watch the interview today with Rand Paul on several networks where he questions whether we are safer as a result of the President’s actions.

Why would a rav or kollel yungerleit who is learning full time interrupt their learning to separately learn a blat gemorah separate from the masechta that they are currently focused on?

CTL is entirely correct regarding special circumstances that may require eating at the hotel you are staying at (e.g. travelling with very young children who cannot be left alone, travelling with a large group where the hotel might offer a discounted package including meals, etc.)
My only point is that if these constraints are not present, take advantage of the multiple options for good and innovative kosher dining outside your hotel in Yerushalayim. There are few other cities in the world where yidden will have those options.

“since when do yidden do things out of convenience? ”

Frequently. Many mitzvos are locked in to a specific time and place. There is NO explicit halacha that governs the how, when or where or a siyum for daf yomi (or any other “siyum” for that matter). If the gadolim (represented by Agudah) decide that for reasons of cost, availability, safety etc. etc. to hold the siyuum on a secular holiday, thats fine.

Don Jr. and Ivanka

What is the long-term strategy?? If the Trumpkopf doesn’t plan on regime change or engaging Iran with boots on the ground, why wouldn’t Iran simply continue with the type of asymmetric warfare that has worked for them over the past several decades. Again, we are better off with this Iranian terror leader dead, but the timing of the assassination along with the impeachment process in the Senate this week makes you wonder. Thusfar, there is no evidence of “actionable intelligence” that warranted the action on Thursday but perhaps that will be forthcoming.

I am quite amused at both the substance and tone of the posts above complaining the siyum was” depressing, too much like a levayah, a bunch of geriatric guys in black suits crying gevalt,” etc.
Huhhh???
This was a siyum hashas, not a Schweky concert with special guest stars, Moishe, Yankel and Mendel and the Monotones!!
Perhaps the issue is whether the entire idea of these+ years of daily, mega-siyums in huge venues needs to be reconsidered. I’m not ordinarily a big fan of Agudah for a number of reasons but given the fundamental purpose of a siyum (aka the celebration of 7+ years of limud torah l’shma) I think their efforts to organize and conduct a 100,000 person event was incredible and should be recognized as such.