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That’s sooo American. You don’t know of any other airport besides Kennedy or Newark or Ben Gurion? Very interesting.
Tell where it is, and we’ll help you.
Thank you. I thought you said he lives in America?
That’s Obama’s Kenyan people. They’ve infiltrated the Okapis inner circle.
I did google Harav Mordechai Aderet. He seems quite a kano’i l’shem shomayim. Can someone let us know, where he learned, who his Rabe’im are, etc?
Joseph,
Does he also have published teshuvos?
geeps,
Why do us Europeans never hear about the American Torah world? Who is Hagaon Harav Mordechai Aderet?
Nu? Any news? 5ish, TOL?
hashalem613, Now that we’ve got that out the way, I think that may be the answer to the OP. If Rav Belsky said it, and he himself was definitely among the Poskei Hador in America, that’s good enough for me.
Just for those of us living across the pond, does Reb Dovid Feinstein have an official position?
hashalem613, I assume you mean ???? ?????? ??????. The mistaken version posted above means something entirely different, and possibly blasphemous.
Avi K again. Rav Elyashiv was that until recently. What secular knowledge did he have? I don’t know the answer, but everyone will agree that he was the ultimate address for every shaaloh.
Avi K. The Tzitz Eliezer was a prolific posek who obviously researched his subject exhaustively before issuing a psak. But that is called being a posek. Any Rov who doesn’t know everything about a subject will refrain from paskening on it. A few years ago, I had occasion to ask a world famous Rov and Posek about a certain subject. He said to me, Ich bin an am ho’oretz in dem inyan. (I am ignorant in that subject). It is quite a specialist area of halocho. He sent me to another Rov who was well versed in that area.
This is the point where the Godol Hador question begins. Who is the final address where all difficult questions end up?
Bmyer,
I would say yes, and to illustrate, I would say, Rav Steinman is the Godol hador, but he is not known as a posek.
“Sholom that’s nicknamed Shlomo”
Do you mean Shlomo, that’s nicknamed Shloimy?
“Sholom is one of the names of Hashem and I don’t anyone who uses a shortened version”
I know a Sholom who’s called Sholi. (eewww imho)
LB, I’m not saying it’s wrong. I’m just pointing out that it may be inappropriate. Like shortening Moishe to Moishy is fine for my nephew who is 6 or 16 or even 26. But you wouldn’t call your Rov, Rav Moishy as an example. Yerushalayim, is a Holy City, and our language should reflect that.
(Having said that, my Rov is known by a shortened form Yiddish name. Let’s say for arguments sake, Reb Leibel. Some people in this town call him Reb Leibel, but I feel very uncomfortable. They may have known him for a very long time. On Purim, my sister was saying, “We’re going to Reb Leibel now. Are you coming?…” etc. It did annoy me. But, her father in law has known him for a long time, so possibly in their family it’s ok.)
This is a most interesting discussion.
Visitor1, far be it for me to judge the merits of anyone as Godol Hador. However the very term implies someone who is known and to whom the world’s Rabonim, Poskim and Roshei Yeshiva turn to for advice. There are many many ‘Shas Yiedden’ in the world who keep to themselves and for some reason are not known. Tzadik Hador, maybe, but Godol Hador implies more a leader, than a great, learned but hidden tzadik.
To me, and this is maybe an answer to yichusdik, I think Godol Hador may be interchangeable with the term that used to be used, Rabban shel kol b’nei Hagolah. This was used relatively recently, as a title for the Chofetz Chaim and R’ Chaim Ozer, and in my lifetime, R’ Moshe Feinstein.
ZD, I don’t know how it is in the American Torah World, but in EY and in Europe, Rav Steinman is known as Reb Aharon Leib.
Meno, I would also recomend the video of the Gateshead Rav selling chometz. Maybe YWN would like to feature that this year. Look for “What happens to all the Chametz you sell for Pesach? Rabbi Zimmerman (Gateshead Rav) shows us” on YouTube
Assuming this isn’t another trolling thread…
The premise of the question is all wrong. What does it mean a Godol Hador for yeshivishe and for baale batim?! Godol Hador by its very definition means for the whole generation; the one person who is looked up to by ALL the Rabonim, Roshei Yeshiva and Rebbes as the last word and authority and Daas Torah. For example, Rav Moshe Feinstein, or in Eretz Yisroel, The Steipler.
BTW, ZD, who do you mean by ‘Rav Aharon’?
takahmamash, Yerush?? why would anyone want to abbreviate Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh?!!
I believe the psak of most poskim today is that it depends on where you are at Alos Hashachar. It doesn’t depend on sleeping or spending the night.
Avi, According to all the Torah I heard this year about Achashverosh, he was just as happy as Homon about the gezeirah… until he found out the Ester was also Jewish. So, I think we pasken like Bibi on this one.
LB, regarding the recycling policies of our local authorities or councils, it is part of this politically correct idea of saving resources and the planet. They have to do it by law, even if it is more expensive than just disposing the whole lot into landfill. I have no idea what they do with it, but they tell us it is recycled back into the environment.
LuL, LB and anyone else here who may be interested. It is imperative to take instruction from a competent Rav in pesach matters. Some of the things said here are not accepted by everyone. I’ll give a few examples.
Finding chametz on pesach – It is not simple just to burn it. You are thereby showing ownership over it. If it is sold, it is no longer yours. You would have to ask your Rav if you can destroy it. It will depend how much it is, how edible it is and some other things.
Selling your house – Actually selling? Or just renting to the goy? Selling implies a deed of sale and lawyers and everything. Selling chometz is not a joke, it has to be a legal sale. If you look on YouTube for “gateshead rav chametz”, you can watch Rav Zimmerman conduct the sale before and purchase after pesach of the chometz from a real Geordie (as opposed to a Geordie613). He even mentions his dislike of Marmite.
Chometz of a certain size – Keeping chometz of a certain size should not be allowed. It may be technically permitted, but we don’t because it may come to be eaten.
Cosmetics – Some are very particular to go through their whole cosmetics stock checking each item. Others hold, that they are no longer edible for a dog, and therefore not considered chometz.
Kitniyos – a huge subject, and dependent very much on family and local custom.
This is just a small example of questions that come up, and you will find many conflicting opinions. Your LOR in your LOS or LOBH will probably be giving a series of shiurim in the run up to Pesach about all these questions and lots lots more. As learned and experienced as some of us in the CR may be, we are at the end of the day anonymous people with laptops, PCs or smartphones. Nothing can or should replace your reliable competent and caring Rav.
LB, thank you for enlightening me about this appliance which I have honestly never heard of. For us, disposal of food waste takes place as follows. We have 4 wheelie bins outside. The brown one gets collected every 2 weeks. That is for compostable waste, i.e. food and garden waste, things that would decay in time. So you have a small food bin in your kitchen, with a compostable liner. All food waste goes into there, and every day or two, that goes outside into the brown bin. The other 3 bins get collected every three weeks in turn. Blue is for glass, plastic and tins. Green is for paper and card. Grey is for all other waste.
It may be different in other towns but our local authority has this system. It sounds terribly complicated, but you get used to it eventually.
Apologies for going so off topic, but to bring it back, the Council arranges a pre pesach collection to atone for their terrible practices during the rest of the year.
LB I’m confused. What do you mean by ‘garbage disposal’?
Randomex, Well done. Do you get it in the US?
Golfer, Marmite gave birth to the saying in English culture ‘It’s Marmite. You either love it or hate it’. I do think it doesn’t have many fans in the CR, but for those who may have tasted it, they likely made the cardinal error of spreading it thick. Marmite, as a byproduct of the process of producing beer is real bona fide chometz.
Anyway, for many years in England, marmite made locally was not kosher and had to be imported from South Africa. That’s why one would have sold it, rather than burn it with the rest of the chometz.
Winnie, you’re absolutely right and thank you for clarifying the shaaloh. It should also be pointed out that some people sell any chometz, even a loaf of bread. Many people sell cosmetics which may contain chometz, as their status is doubtful.
LB, I hope we have clarified this subject which, as you can see, absolutely must be presented to a Rav who knows you.
I think the answer to the original question is simply; if you have chametz that you don’t want to destroy, you may sell it.
Secondary question then; Why would you not want to destroy it? Perhaps it is expensive or difficult to replace, e.g. Whiskey, soup powder, marmite.
AiMD, Brilliant!! 🙂
I suggest someone hack in to 5ish’s user account and tick the newly featured box “Notify me of follow-up posts via email”.
Oy LB, you need to get the Uncle Moishy tapes/CD/MP3s to learn about this very interesting character.
Thanks RY.
Are trolls real?
If you’re looking for books on Gedolim, but don’t want to read a very long biography, I highly recommend ‘Inside Their Homes’. It’s an Artscroll book, ghost written by Nachman Seltzer. The author is identified simply as Reb Binyomin, but he was in Mir in my day, so I know who he is. He gives us a close up view of the Gedolim of our generation, which one does not necessarily get from the ordinary biographies.
Another book, Jewish but not a frum book which is very interesting, is ‘The Prime Ministers’ by Yehuda Avner. The author was a senior Israeli diplomat originally from Manchester, UK. He was personal secretary to four Israeli Prime Ministers, and has documented his experiences during the tumultuous times. This is from the marketing blurb, “It is an insider account of Israeli politics from the founding of the Jewish State to the near-present day. It reveals stunning details of life-and-death decision-making, top-secret military operations and high level peace negotiations. The Prime Ministers brings readers into the orbits of world figures, including Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Yasser Arafat, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana and the Lubavitcher Rebbe…”
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Let’s assume (for arguments sake – again don’t all jump on me) that the translation of hero is ‘gibor’. The posuk quoted above, (????? ?”? ?), in context refers to the malochim. However, it is often quoted in connection with the farmers who down tools for a year to observe shemitta. The gemora in Shabbos (?”? ?”?), also brings it to refer to the Bnei Yisroel who said na’ase v’nishma.
Hence, a hero in Jewish thinking is, one who fulfils the word of Hashem when it is physically difficult and s/he nevertheless overcomes all barriers to do the correct thing.
In this context, yes, we do very much believe in heroes!
Joseph, I am surprised that someone of your erudition was not up to date with the whole Uncle Moishy series.??? ?? ???? ?? ????? ??, it’s the basics.
People of my age, will know that Big Gedaliah Goomber (BGG) was a favourite feature of the early Uncle Moishy tapes – as they were at the time. I believe he was in retirement, or having more adventures, but Uncle Moishy brought him back in volume 18, where he brings us up to date with his latest Shabbos observing escapades.
FuturePotus, If I’m not mistaken the incident may have been the big crash when about 70 soldiers were killed in South Lebanon. It must have been in Winter of 1996/7; 2 helicopters crashed into each other.
I heard a very similar story from a friend who was in Ponevezh at the time.
I remember in my time in the Mir, there was someone who had an American car, (don’t know the model, ober dach tzich mir a Chevy). I have no idea how he got it around the tiny streets of Yerushalayim, especially the Beis Yisrael area. But it was there nonetheless, very American.
Anyone here in the Mir circa 1996-1998, could you help out?
rebshidduch, It’s semantics. He is a Jewish singer. He is not a singer of Jewish music.
Burnt steak, Interesting you mention Alex Clare. R’ Fischel Schechter met him in the summer in EY and spoke about him in a shiur. A very inspirational person, how he was prepared to give up his whole music career for yiddishkeit, and microsoft basically came looking for him to get rights to a song of his for an advertising campaign. His career basically went only upward since then.
His music from what I’ve heard of it, doesn’t sound Jewish at all, although he is a ben torah who sits and learns most of his time. He is currently on tour around Europe, but goes to London for Shabossos.
It is Dutch Ashkenazi, and has more of a firm basis in halocha than even 3 hours. I can’t remember the exact mekor, but it is easy to find right there in the beginning of Shulchan aruch yoreh deah.
The kehilla in Holland still keep it, as well as many Dutch descended Jews.
LB, to answer your question; I think it is like standing or sitting for Kiddush, or washing before or after kiddush. A minhag goes after the husband generally, and doesn’t matter where you end up in the world.
CTL – Jislaaik, I remember that!!
Joseph – Toyota Previa, Ford Galaxy, VW Touran. They are people carriers but not as wide as the Oddyseys and Siennas.
Two points:
Israel zip codes are ok from the UK where post codes are alpha numeric
I love America, where Presidents and the Postal service are not afraid to talk about G-D.
Redt fun der Malach…
Today I saw a Honda Odyssey on the streets of Manchester. It’s definitely the first time, and it was somewhat an oddity (couldn’t resist) for this country. We like cars smaller and manageable on our streets that were built for people walking or being pulled by horses.
Amazing! BH.
5ish, it sounds like you have taken on a big achrayus. Learn well!
Amazing. I’m just listening to a shiur by Rabbi Frand. I will summarise here, even though it is a lot more complicated than this.
He said that the Torah tells us Terach died before Avrohom Ovinu left Charan, even though in reality he died only after. This is because we shouldn’t get the impression that Avram (as he was then) abandoned his elderly father. He really had an obligation to respect him, but was released from his obligation because of his commandment to go to Eretz Cenaan.
Anyway, what I understood from this regarding the OP, that one has an obligation to respect one’s father even if he is NOT Jewish.
No that’s Fiveish, totally different!
This is soooo exciting. Is there a live stream available for those of us in the UK?
Refuah Shleima Feivish! (That’s the European spelling)
Many people buy in the new places ‘on paper’. That means that they buy before the place is built. Apparently it’s a lot cheaper. Obviously you run the risk of the contractor going bust and losing your money.
The OP has a very good question.
In my experience, people who own diras have them bought by parents/in law or use wedding present money for a downpayment, and then pay mortgage instead of rent.
I had neither of these luxuries, (18 years ago 1998-2000) and lived in a top floor apartment in Kiryat Sefer (or Qiryat Sefer ;)) forjust under two years. When the money ran out, we moved back to England. We moved to Gateshead, which is the cheapest kehilla to live in. I was able to teach in a yeshiva ketana for just over a year, when I had to go get a proper job.
But I realise for many they don’t have anywhere to move back to, or can’t go to work for various reasons, and this becomes a major problem. I don’t see how, b’derech hateva, a kollel family can live on a regular kollel stipend, without any supplementary income. This could be a property investment on their behalf, or something like giving extra lessons to local schoolchildren.
The UK is not a 3rd world country by any measure, and we don’t have Honda Odysseys or Toyota Siennas.
It tastes similar, but it’s not the real thing.
LB,
On you post from two weeks ago; Yes, surprisingly, it did.
I have recently come across Israel Post’s website. If you google “???? ????? ???? ???? ????? ?????” you can search for any Postal code in Israel, and correct address format. I know it’s too late for you, but hopefully it will help someone else.
LB, Thank you. Just wondering if you’re familiar with the ‘A Yid Cares series’; Look them up in your LJBS (local Jewish Bookstore). You’ll know what I mean.