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7:11 is a list of causes for recent traffic accidents, he mentions it in 4:1:2 as well.
The Shevet HaLevi is 4:1:2. He writes that driving facilitates exposure, which is the opposite of ?? ????? ?? ??? ?????. See also 7:11
Sam: is there any reason we should believe an anonymous poster in the name of an equally anonymous Rabbi to contradict what is in a written and printed Teshuva???
You are correct that he does not mention any issue interlocking the fingers when not davening.
the Birkas Shmuel in the end of Kiddushin writes that there is a chiyuv on every man to become a Gadol BaTorah
RA: yes, the first source for saying it is a sefer from Natan HaAzati, the self-proclaimed Eliahu HaNavi for Shabbtai Tzvi
and as I asked, why do you see nothing wrong when many Gedolim did? Are you smarter than they were?
old man: do you mind explaining your sources that disagree with the Arizal, Rav Chaim Palagi and the Aruch HaShulchan
Chacham: the Tzitz Eliezer is a sefer respected by many Poskim on all topics. The length of many of his Teshuvos precludes it becoming popular among the less learned.
Also, politically he was a bit on the fringe of mainstream Chareidi, so some do not give his teshuvos the weight they deserve.
sam: “Medical abortions” are non-surgical abortions that use pharmaceutical drugs, categorically called abortifacients. In 2005, medical abortions constituted 13% of all abortions in the United States;[19] in 2010 the figure increased to 17%” copied from wikipedia.
It is only effective until 9 weeks.
chein: the issue is not the discrepancy in the quantity of milk, it is that the value of a quart of milk fluctuates and you may be returning more value than you received. The Poskim call this malve sa’ah b’sa’ah. Under certain circumstances, likely to apply in this case, it is permitted.
In fact, the dispensation to consider chemical abortion a more lenient form of Grama is not usually relevant, as medical abortions are generally carried out through physical means and not medicines.
sam: that is the same teshuva I quoted where he requires sakana and argues on the Tzitz Eliezer’s kula
chacham: I assume you are joking. Even with the mods blocking it it is still efshar l’verurei.
mod: my response to Chacham contained no link, and was not accepted the first time I submitted it Thursday.
I also notice that many posts containing links are accepted, I don’t understand why the automated email to receive the yashan guide should not be
Until Sam gets back to us, I think we of can conclude that the vast majority of accepted Poskim do not permit abortions without some risk to the mother’s life.
minyan gal: foil pans (and stainless steel ones as well) are greased to give them a shine. There is some concern that the oil may be animal based and non-Kosher. In EY it is customary to be machmir and either purchase ones with a hechsher or kasher them.
seems very questionable. open on Shabbos.
Sam: I looked up the Yabia Omer, and you seem to mis-remember Rav Ovadia Yosef’s psak. He rules in vol 4 Even HaEzer siman 1 that abortion is assur min haTorah and only permitted for pikuach nefesh. He quotes Rav Waldenberg in Tzitz Eliezer as being more lenient, but disagrees. The 7 months comes from the Tzitz, not Reb Ovadia.
WIY: I assume everyone knows not to rely on the CR as psak halacha, but I strongly object to those who try to close every Halacha thread shouting “ask your LOR”. Is the CR only to discuss naarishkeit??? I’m only interested in Halacha and Hashkafa
old man: it is sad, but the reality is that many people are lacking that intellectual honesty.
I fully understand. Many of my posts are also inexplicably deleted. If you repost them, or sometimes rephrase them, it often works.
I have gotten in the habit of writing in MS Word, and then pasting to the CR. That way I save my work if it needs to be reposted.
Rav Herman’s Yashan guide explains many of the dates on products.
Also, if you leave out email addresses and links they are more likely to get posted.
MDG: The way I have always heard the story with the Baal Shem Tov is that he was excited that the Bach finally found a limud zechus on the behavior of the populace. Not that it is necessarily the accepted Halacha
Chacham: I apologize, both for misstating your name as well as for misunderstanding your intent.
Sam: I did a little research, and it seems that the chemo affects the fetus directly.
However, a recent study has shown little effect to the fetus in the second or third trimester and 20% chance of birth defects in the first. Certainly sounds like a pregnant cancer patient need not abort and it is notcertainlyt killing the fetusObviouslyly, different drugs may behave differently. Also, the story we are discussing took place years ago. The chemicals used then may have been more toxic. In any event, I doubt the same psak would be given today; there seems less imperative to abort and less need for the mother to die.
Health: as I said previously, I will not pasken on life of death issues, certainly not on an online forum without knowing all the variables of a specific case.
Theoretically, it sounds likely that many Poskim would permit it if the doctors thought the pregnancy presents a real danger to the mother’s life. I don’t know in what circumstances Rav Elyashiv might permit this after 40 days.
Any case like this requires an experienced Posek who understands medical issues to communicate directly with the doctors to understand thintricacieses of the specific situation.
In conclusion, neither the heter of the Rosh nor that of the Bach is relevant to permit chodosh today.
The Rosh assumes a sfek sfeika, but today the majority of spring wheat is chodosh and does not count as a safek. Additionally, since it can be clarified, one may not rely on a sfek sfeika when the truth can be determined.
Health: I have no financial interest in pushing Yashan nor am I foolish enough to rely on statistics from organizations that do.
Winter wheat and Durham wheat have very different characteristics, and you cannot combine them to create a rov. Winter wheat is low gluten and creates a crunchy product, while Durham wheat is the opposite. You are correct that any product containing solely winter wheat, such as pretzels would not be an issue with its flour content. However, pretzels usually contain malt which is a chodosh concern. Most products contain a blend and at least partially consist of Durham wheat, which is primarily chodosh. If that portion is at least 1/60 of the product, it may be assur min haTorah.
You are correct that rye is not a problem.
You are completely incorrect regarding oats. According to the USDA, North Dakota grows the most oats of all states. They plant between May 2-17 and harvest Aug 11-27, just over 3 months. Early May is usually after Pesach, and it will all be chodosh.
Barley is a big problem, and avoiding it in cholent will not solve your problem. Beer is derived from barley, as is malt. Many products today contain malt, including corn flakes, rice crispies, rice cakes, pretzels etc.
Avoiding pasta is also inconsequential, as most pastries contain more than 2% Durham wheat.
please don’t make this thread not-sticky
I think the most obvious issue people might have with coaching is that the coach is effectively serving as a Social Worker/Psychologist, without much of the professional training and regulation. Anyone can call themselves a “coach”, and if they are incompetent the could do much harm.
hacham: look again, the Biur Halacha says nothing of the sort.
His conclusion is “Therefore, it is certainly proper and appropriate to be concerned for all the above and to refrain at least from certain chadash”.
Even the Bach commences his heter with stating that the minhag is to be meikil, and the Teshuvos HaRosh also only proposes his sfek sfeika as a limud zechus. In their days, yashan was almost totally unavailable, and there were few alternatives to the dietary staple of grain.
Your last point is a good one, I also wondered the same. Wouldn’t the added stress on a pregnancy on a sick woman be a rodef. I have to assume this was taken into account and we are not smarter than the Posek who ruled this way.
I’m not an oncologist, but are you certain the chemo would not kill the fetus directly?
Again, I did not say I would have ruled this way, but i don’t understand why you find it so inconceivable.
Sam: I never said the Posek who gave this ruling was HaRav Elyashiv. However, it is consistent with what Rav Morganstern said in his name that even reducing extreme multiples before 40 days requires sakana.
Did he rule that one may never make the berachos of mezonos and hamotzi or on eating matza? If fact, how would he allow Kiddush either, as it will always be ??? ????? ??????
Or did he merely observe a “ta’ana”, but leave the Halacha unchanged that the 5 species we know are considered dagan? In which case, there is essentially no safek.
Injecting the mother with a chemical poisonous to the fetus is direct retzicha and not grama, by almost any definition of the term grama.
Sam: “I will never understand that P’sak”
Your lack of understanding does not make it incorrect!
The OU accepts pilot lights as a tziruf or b’shaas hadchak. They do NOT accept a lightbulb.
“Is it 5 minim?” does not cut it as a “safek”. It is merely speculation of certain historians and NOT an accepted safek in Halacha.
yahud: what should we discuss, the weather?
I hope everyone reading this has enough sechel to ask a Posek if it is relevant, and not rely on the CR
Re: bishul/pas yisroel- the OU does NOT hold lightbulbs help at all. Those who are lenient, only do so for the bulb in the oven itself, not one in the room. They also, to the best of my knowledge, only rely on it for pas which is much more lenient and not for bishul.
Sorry, you have your facts wrong. Until 1972 the US had a huge grain surplus and almost all the wheat was Yashan. In ’72 the US began seling large quantities to the USSR and depleated the carryover from privious years. Since then, the majority of wheat in the market, except for winter wheat, is Chadash.
Furthermore, the Rema’s heter, really from Teshuvos HaRosh is based on an intersting sfek sfeika. Since today this information can be easily clarified, as Rav Herman does, one may no longer rely on a sfek sfeika (which anyways is not relevant when the majority is Chadash).
Health: as I mentioned previously, HaRav Elyashiv considers more than three fetuses to be potentially life threatening to the mother. This is a liberal definition of sakana, and he only uses it to allow “reduction” until 40 days.
I have heard of an incident where an expectant mother was diagnosed with cancer, where the chemo would inevitably provelethall to the fetus. Since thebabyy was in no form a rodef, she received a psak that she could not treat the tumor until after the baby’s delivery, which was carried out at the earliest possible date. It was known from the outset that this ruling would seriouslyendangerr the mother’s life, and if fact she survived only a few weeks after delivery.
This seconincidentnt is NOT something I would even consider Paskening myself. Life and death rulings should breferreded to Gedolei HaPoskim
old man: None of the many Poskim I am personally familiar with would do something so utterly irresponsible on such a serious issue as to “Quote a lenient psak from a different posek”” or “Send the questioner to a doctor who “will tell you what needs to be done”” without first issueing a difinitive Psak Halacha.
Certainly your statement “he may not even agree with the heter. But in the final analysis, it gets done and it gets done quickly and quietly” is extremely shoking!!!
I really wonder which “Poskim” you know???
the topic of CY according to Reb Moshe has been debated at great length in other threads. please search for them and lets not repeat ourselves.
i’ll be away a couple of days, and respond on my return
mark levine: “Hello99, you are incorrect by saying that the “cholov stamm” in the USA is like cholov yisroel because is is not”
I said that “according to Reb Moshe and the Chazon Ish” they are equivalent, and that is completely accurate.
if you refuse to quote names, I guess there is nothing to discuss
As Rabbanim alluded, Pas Akum and Chalav Akum are assur miDerabannan, however, our bread is pas palter which is a different story altogether. Similarly, our milk according to Reb Moshe and the Chazon Ish is equivalent to Chalav Yisroel, even when not designated as such.
Also, our wine is different than the stam yeinam that is assur b’hana’ah, since goyim for many centuries are not committed to true Avoda Zara.