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Did anyone else have the same reaction when they played the brief video of Reb Chaim’s baracha for those attending the siyum? He looked really frail, which is understandable given his age but was still able to respond.
“How do you know Rubadhkin (aka Rubashkin isn’t Moshiach?
We learn from chazal that a possible candidate for moishach has certain attributes including one who himself lives a life focused on limud torah, is meticulous about the observance of all taryag mitzvot, serves as a role model to other yidden to live an exemplary life in accordance with daas Torah etc. However, chazal did not teach that being careless about dina d’malchusa and being a convicted felon [specifics edited] qualify one to be moishiach. Was SMR unjustly sentenced to 27 years in federal prison? Yes. Does a pardon from the Trumpkopf indicate that he will lead us to binyan bayis shlishi and the end of galus? Perhaps not.
For the first time in several years, I would formally appolgize and seek mechilah from Reb Yosef for questioning his nevius on the quality of the livestream webcast of today’s siyum. It was outstanding. Thank you YWN for providing the live links to MetLife and the other simulcasts from other venues around the globe. Among many moments, I was incredibly moved by the rendition of Kel Moleh by Chazan Helfgot and the dedication to the survivors of the Shoah who were seated nearby. It blew me away.
I suspect there are still some bugs being worked out on the new CR platform since I don’t see a link for new threads and the old threads aren’t being updated (unless everyone is still stuck in the Met Life parking lot getting home from the siyum).
Knaidlach” Because the Mods have made a “New Years” resolution to block all proposed new threads on the ” shidduch crisis”.
Apukerma: Sorry, but there was a time we could believe our presidents (and presidential wannabes) during the campaign. Do you not recall the promise by the Trumpkopf’s predecessor Herbert Hoover in the 1927. Presidential Campaign of “A Kotchka for every pot” (later downgraded to a “a hindl for every pot” when the campaign finance chairman checked the prices of geese with a chassidehse hashgacha.).
There were several NK meshugaim screaming and yelling gevalt about the illegitimate Zionist state abusing the Palestinians at a recent U.N. meeting in NYC……looked like a “riot” to me.
Bsharg2: Lovely story but could you explain how the girl would have gone OTD by wearing the “wrong socks” but by gifting the “right socks” she was set “on the right path”. What was wrong with her original socks.??
” First [Trump] get rid of the mandate in his tax law, then he says now you have no mandate, so the rest is no good without a mandate …”
Reb Eliezer: The term “illogical” is an oxymoron in relationship to Trump. He is using the same fadreidt logic in relation to the impeachment inquiry. First he blocks all of his key advisors who participated in the Ukraine fiasco from providing testimony or documents to the House investigation and now he screams there is “no first thand” testimony or evidence as to any impeachable “crimes” (ignoring the fact that he blocked the testimony). As with all else, we ignore his words and just follow his actions.
Its absolutely silly to debate here in the abstract what would be the “appropriate” head-covering for a woman or man. As so many posters have noted, it depends on who, where and when. Do what you are comfortable with based on your hashkafah, the “minhag hamokom’, etc. with consideration of the advice you may solicit and receive from your local rav/posek. Even then, there will be occasions where you may want to deviate from your regular “lvush” for out-of-town travel, work meetings, simchas from another side of the tzibur etc. If you are comfortable with yourself, don’t be intimidated by some yenta in Lakewood, or some baal ha’bos in Borough Park.
Actually, myself (and I suspect several other CR regulars) have no clue where they were when SMR was released. It was one of the Trumpkopf’s few worthy pardons among a much longer list of pandering to his base starting with Sheriff Joe and continuing with his recent actions with the three military personnel convicted of “war crimes”, technically rules of engagement). However, the SMR release was a bit overdone and not up there with 9/11 or the Nats winning the World Series).
Reb Eliezer: The number 47 has special meaning…..Chazal bring down that the 40 implies a time of radical transition or transformation (e.g. during the mabul, itrained for 40 days and 40 nights; Moshe Rabenu spent 40 days with Hashem on Har Sinai prior to matan torah; bnai yisroel spent 40 years wandering in the wilderness until they were allowed to enter Eretz Canaan…..etc.) The 7 is the most powerful number in daas torah starting with 7 day of barias olam, shabbos being the seventh day, the seven laws of bnai Noah, the seven Avos and Imahos,, the 7 lean and fat cows in Pharoh’s dream told to yosef, the 7 days of succos and pesach, the seven years leading to shmitah, the 7 arms of the menorah in the beis hamikdash; shevah barachos for a chassanah etc.
Now, what you may ask does all this have to do with GHW Bush v. G Bush and 41 and 43….well in Gamatria 41 plus 43 is 84 as in 1984 and its dystopian vision of a Trumpian America.1: Using your rather illogical metrics, there are over a dozen women who have accused Trump of assault so he’s 1,000 percent worse. He has also verbally assaulted in the most vile terms, a vast spectrum of minorities from judges, to gold star parents, to the disabled etc. His nonstop lying and bullying Iaka “punching back” ) is beyond anything most of us could ever have imagined for our nations’ s Prsident. I strongly disagree with many of the policies of Obama, Bush 47 and Clinton but none approached the level of Trump. I’ll just disagree with you and leave it there. I will never convince you nor will you ever convince me so let it go.
Reb Eliezer…..unfortunately, the lyrics of most rock music are indecipherable anyway so unlikely to cause anyon to go OTD…..as to the melody, if you ban rock and roll, you ban about 50 percent of the music played today at most simchas
The Trumpkopf is also the most despicable human being to ever occupy the oval office over the last 200 years of American history (with proper recognition of Andrew Johnson) . You can keep trollling your “ohev yisroel” mantra until he decides “we” are no longer the “chosen people”.
Chazal bring down that the choson/kalah should defer their chassunah until they can afford to pay the travel expenses of all their chevrusah who wish to attend. There are conflicting opinions as to whether that also applies to purchasing the gowns for the kalah’s friends from seminary.
The reality is that so many here have come to believe that we must accept the vulgarity, narcissism, bullying, and non-stop lying as the price for a President whose policies on a few issues are preferable to those of his predecessor. The notion of a President who can be a mentsch but also pursue wise policies seems to have been abandoned and we are left with the choice of two extremes with no middle ground. Just watch what is happening when a leading Evangelical Christian Journal has come out with an editorial calling for Trump’s impeachment. Immediately, the far-right Evangelicals circle the wagons and say that the “true believers” must ignore all of Trump’s vile and disgusting personal behaviors because he appoints conservative judges and supports their social policy agenda.
Kluger: I wasn’t aware that you will be watching the siyum on a live feed on commercial TV networks like the other events you mention….the rest of us wil be watching a live streaming event which is not exactly the same quality broadcast.
Benephraim: Are you saying that Rav Zlotnick of JTS based his design of a “mobile mikvah” based on the original chabad specifications? I’m still not sure I’ve ever seen or heard of a Chabad mobile mikvah???
Joseph is correct in theory but for an event of this scale, plan on refreshing your connection frequently unless they have contracted for more bandwitdth than any event since matan torah.
The underwriting department for Shamayim Life and Casualty Company definitely takes tzinius into account as a risk factor, along with the applicants overall status as a shomer/shomeret torah umitzvos with special consideration of their ahavas yisroel and sinas chimam points. Yidden with a history of insulting and demeaning posts against other yidden in the CR may still qualify for a term policy but it is considerably more expensive and is subject to annual renewal.
There will be a link on the Agudah website but it may be slow and buffer frequently. In the past, YWN has also had live links to the webcast but I haven’t seen any announcements yet.
Benepraim: Has the new Chabad “mobile mikvah” been inroduced since the Trump family announced they are relocating to southern Florida?? Also, there is a long-established mikvah on Collins Ave in Bar Harbor so why would you need a “portable mikvah” to drive around/?
The statistical baselines are different in the U.S. and EY as to the percentage of the yiddeshe tzibur that is considered “frum” or “chareidi” and as others have noted, there are different metrics as to what actions/combination of actions would be deemed “going OTD” by the majority of members of the community. Thus,there is no concesnus as to what numbers goi into either the numerator or denomiator so hard to define comparable or relative statistics.
There are a number of ‘plans” posted on the internet as to how one may configure a small and low-cost mikvah at home that will satisfy halacha (except of course for the most mehadrim). No one has yet explained WHY anyone would need the ability to put such a strcuture on the back of a pickup track or flatbed trailer and drive it around. Even chabad have not suggested such a variatio of their “mitzvah tanks”.
Anyone who followed Trump for his entire career knew what to expect. It was total stupidity for anyone to expect this guy with a history of lying, pandering to racial and white supremacist conspiracy theories, messing over his business associates and sub- contractors, serial infidelity and sexaual abuse., etc, etc. to suddenly change whne he moved into the oval office. I have little sympathy for “progressive’ friends who keep waiting for him to “pivot’ to the center or begin acting in accordance with the norms of 200+ years of American History. You knew what you were going to get, you got it and will continue to get it until you offer a clearly preferable alternative to a few thousand voters in 5 or 6 swing states. Winning California, New York, Illinois or Massachusetts by a million more votes means ZERO in an electoral college system. Get Real Dems or get comfortable with 4 more years of the Trumpkopf.
Tone down the language please
A guy coming into shul early for shachris, can ask a woman coming in the same time to put down a sefer or a coat on one or two seatsin the ezras nahsim for his wife or daughter(s) who are coming later. However, as I’ve indicated in other threads on the same topic, I find this whole minhag of “saving seats” offensive, on EITHER side of the mechitza. The worse examples are on the yamim noraim, where some ehrliche yidden put down tallesim across an entire row reserving 4, 5 or 6 seats for family members arriving later.
Non-stop lying, vulgarity, bullying etc. would arguably be tolerable if he had not repeately placed the national security at risk by ignoring the guidance of advisors such as McMaster, Mattis, Tillerson, Kelly and even Bolton. instead, he continues to act in an irrational, narcissistic way, alienating our allies, cozying up to the world’s most despicable tyrants, with only his own reputation and political interests underlying his constantly changing policies. The “derangement” is with what he has done an continues to do, not with who he is. It would have been possible to pursue his policy agenda without so debasing the office of the Presidency.
Syag: As I’ve said before, the bar was set so low after 30 months of non-stop vulgarity, demeaning anyone who disagreed with his policies, bullying, name calling, cozying up to every dictator and murdering tyrant in the world making policy decisions that jeopardize national security against the advice of the generals he originally called the greatest minds in the history of the military etc., etc, this ukraine meshguaas that was ginned up by Rudy seems relatively boring. We know that the Republicans in the Senate (with one or two exceptions) have no backbone to push back so lets just get it over with. Either way, he will always be remebered as one of the three Presidents to have been impeached….
There is a vast range of opinions here in the CR on what is “appropriate” based on one’s haskhafah. Likewise, there are really no normative “criteria” as to what constitutes a “Jewish” versus “Non-Jewish” book. Its clearly not based on the author (some of the major works of pritzus have been by Jewish writers). Its also not based on subject matter since most works on the “old testament” or “traditional values” are not written from a yiddeshe perspective. Its really something that each individual will have to decide (with input from his/her LRP as necessary) on a case-by-case basis.
Trachtgeet: Whats wrong with ‘glow in the dark” latkes. They are very popular among certain segments of the tzibur.
I also have seen on many occasions where a shul or Simcha hall has signs on the front door WARNING their daveners/guests that cars illegally parked on nearby streets or blocking driveways will be TOWED, so anyone doing so has accepted the risk of his/her car being removed.
Fifty posts later on one has established any inyan of mesirah if you encounter an illegally parked car blocking your access to your driveway/garage and blocking you from going/coming. Also, in the majority of cases, you will have no idea if the owner is a yid, thereby removing any question of mesirah. If you do think you recognize the owner as a yid, give him/her a call with a request to move the car asap or else you will be calling a tow company. End of story. We have no obligation under halacha to show respect for someone who is literally and intentionally robbing us of our time and rights to use our own property. If there was an emergency situation, the car’s owner would have left a note explaining the situation and either left the key or left a cellphone number where they could be reached.
I am still not clear on WHY anyone would want a “mobile mikvah” as compared with using either a regular mikvah or finding some local body of water while travelling.
Reminder that a fairly popular nigun “Un Az Der Rebbe Zing tZingen Alle Chasidim” was allegedly composed as a not so subtle parody by Misnagdim against the way they perceived Chasidim as blindly following their Rebbe and showing too much joy in their avodas hashem.
P.S. I don’t think the OP was meant to trigger another round of chassidim v. misnagdim postings. My review of the CR archives shows the subject has been explored ad nauseum.
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A Chassid and a Misnaged were sitting next to each other in front of an open Gemorah, shteiging together in chavrusa. Suddenly, the chassid looks over at the Misnaged and shouts excitedly “Do you see this???? Chazal bring down about R’ Yonason ben Uziel, that when he sat and learned,, any bird that flew over him burst into flames.'”
The Misnaged, apparently not impressed, responded, “So Nuuu, whats your point?”
The Chassid repeats again even more excitingly the inyan about R’ Yonasan…., “They said about Yonason ben Uziel, that when he sat and learned, any bird that flew over him burst into flames.”
Sitting stone-faced, the Misnaged responds, “Soooo……”
Exasperated at his chavrusa’s indifference, the Chassid explains, “Can you imagine the deveykus of this tzaddik?? He learned with such intensity and kavanah that a pillar of fire shot up out of the sefer before him and incinerated the birds flying over him! You are not impressed with this??”
The Misnaged finally responds, “Why would I be impressed with this?? What I really want to know whose birds they were and how the damages owed by R’ Yonasan to the owner would be determined?They are wasting 6 hours for “debate” when members of the House from each side get up for a minute or two and repeat the identical “talking points” they’ve been using for the past month. 435 members of Congress each want their 60 seconds of TV time to make the same arguments, pro and con. This could have been done in less than an hour, allow the Senate to vote up or down and get this charade over with.
Yehudahyona: If you get home at night and need to get into your driveway or if your wife needs to get the car out of the garage to pick up the kids at school, you generally don’t have the time or interest to research the ownership of the vehicle. Most frum yidden don’t have visible bumper stickers identifying them as such, for obvious reasons. Anyone with the chutzpah to park in rare case of an emergency, it would take the car=owner only a few seconds to leave a note on the windshield to explain the circumstances and a telephone number where the owner can be reached someone else’s driveway is either a fool or simply doesn’t care about the consequences. In the or letting the homeowner know that the keys are under the floormat in case it has to be moved. As other posters have noted, calling a tow company to move an illegally parked car from your driveway won’t place the owner in jail….just a trip to the impoundment lot to pick up his/her car.
Like everything else the Trumpkopf does, this was entirely an effort at his meshugah messaging. Why not invite some right wing evangelical racist galach to the Chanukuah party to reinforce his message that all yidden must either convert to X’tianity or die in some nuclear holocaust so that their moshiach can come. He would have shown some real class and cultural sensitivity by inviting a bunch of guys from Eastern Parkway to run up and down Pennsylvania Avenue waving yellow flags.
Obviously, you cannot purposely damage or vandalize an illegally parked car but you certainly have a legal right to have that car towed so you can access your own driveway. Also, how would you know if the owner of that car is a yid with regard to any concerns over mesirah. Most state license plates don’t indicate that the owner has milah.
It is safe to assume that Moishiach will wait until after the next election in March before making any final travel plans.
Many stories here on YWN come to mind, but one of my favorites was years ago If I recall correctly a rav who was furnishing an office in a yeshiva or some other facility in Connecticut purchased a used desk and inside the drawer found a large sum of cash. He was somehow able to track down the prior owner and return the money.
Obviously, like most other questions of this sort, the correct answer may vary with whom is being asked. Based on her other postings, and assuming she had figured out how to pick the lock on the closet, Devny might have to consult her local Rav/posek as to whether its mutar to fast and say tehillim on her anniversary date if it coincides with a yom tov
Devny: Apparently, it was your evil twin sister (the one who went to the MO seminary) and somehow obtained your hacked confidential information from a Ukrainian website and was able to deposit your father’s check in her bank account and make the purchase in your name. However, she was very sensitive to Reb Yosef’s concerns and your new Condo has its very own closet with a small window where you can be locked away but you will have a wonderful view of the beach. Closing is scheduled for Zois Chanukah.
BanjoBob: By waiting until the 10th grade, they’ve missed the opportunity for at least two children. You sound like your mind has been poisoned by too much MO nareshkeit about the evils of children marrying children. After several decades, they might learn to love one another and the younger they marry, the longer the parents will have the zchus of supporting them.
Yes, but only those above the 8th grade.
After 80+ posts, its clear that this is a classic illustration of a fundamental “haskhafah gap” between MO and Chassidish/Yeshivish lifestyles and beliefs. I’m obviously more familiar with the former perspective where we frequently would spontaneously invite people we had just met that morning in shul to join us for shabbos lunch, Likewise, I cannot tell you how many times travelling myself overseas on business trips, I was a guest for a shabbos meal with somone I had literally just met. Even more important in our circles are the efforts to provide a continuing support network to those who find themselves alone through divorce or the loss of a spouse. While those suffering a loss have plenty of company during shivah and shloshim, its a very different story months or years later. While some may regard sharinga meal with these singles (both young and older) as a threat to their spirituality, we believe our support efforts are 110 percent in accordance with daas torah and halacha. I will not condemn or question the motives or values of those who have a contrary perspective.