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An Aunt (fathers sister) is a distant relative!?
He brought this aunt to his 2005 Senate inauguration, AFTER a Judge ordered her deported in 2004.
If I may be so bold to suggest, I think an apology is in order by those who jumped on the affected parties in this unfortunate incident. Looking through the thread I noticed more than one comment dismissing any possibility of innocence.
Because its high time!
This thread may be useful:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/lift-038-cut-shavers
mdlevine, Possibly, but not necessarily. YeshivaNet may be sharing one IP amongst all its customers, or alternatively sharing multiple IP’s amongst its customers — yet still sharing a single IP for more than one customer, (while having more than one in use.)
In any event, only the site admin can authoratively clarify it.
YeshivaNet is likely putting all their customers behind a common firewall (on the ISP side), with one IP address that everyone uses. Possibly related to how they setup their filters.
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Once Reb Levi Yitzchok was surprised to find a Jewish neighbor smoking a cigarette on Shabbos. He came over to his neighbor and said “You probably began smoking because you didn’t realize it was Shabbos.” “Oh, I know that today is Shabbos,” replied the man. “Then you probably don’t know that one is not allowed to smoke on Shabbos,” Rav Levi Yitzchak continued. “I know that too,” said the man. “Then I suppose you are smoking since it is necessary for your health,” the Rav stated. “No, not at all,” the man responded. At this point, Rav Levi Yitzchak lifted up his eyes to heaven and speaking directing to Hashem said, “See how honest your people are. Even when they commit a sin, they don’t compound it by lying about it!”
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The person who judges his neighbor in the scale of merit is himself judged favorably [by Hashem]. (Shabbos 127b)
I must confess, I really try hard to be dan lkaf zchus in even near impossible circumstances. But I would NEVER in a thousand years would’ve guessed GMAB would be using YeshivaNet! So this strengthens my absolute belief in dan lfak zchus.
But it does beget the question alluded to by Sarah. GMAB, who would’ve thought you such a tzaddik? Can you explain your decision to go with YeshivaNet? (Btw, if I recall GMAB came from Miami but currently live in Flatbush.)
And Dan Lkaf Zchus makes another win… a home run… a grand slam!!!
The impossible is always possible!
tzippi, good point. When Moshiach comes he will show us how EVERYTHING that ever occurred was good – even the holocaust!
There is the answer! YeshivaNet is obviously using shared IP addresses between its customers, a very unusual practice these days by ISP’s, but something that obviously is still practiced!
Gut voch. Sarah, obviously theres a mistake, and I feel for you. Your credibility is intact with those that matter and this place will be poorer without your participation, should you choose that route.
Feivel, why do you add t’s to your links?
Gila, When you Daven, you always get results. You don’t always see what the results are, but Hashem always answers. Sometimes it takes a long time before you see it. (And sometimes Hashem says no to our requests.)
gmab,
Dinkins decided to give the bnei chom rioting in Crown Heights “a few days to vent” before having the Police restore order.
Heshy, I (for one) agree with your approach.
eric, it depends on your locality. many readers of these forums live in nyc, where obtaining a firearms license is near impossible unless they are a celebrity.
Bowzer, everything very well said (except your Yeshiva comment, which is incorrect.)
anon: “This is very different from the situation in Europe during the times you mentioned.”
The situation in Europe also came unexpectedly.
mariner, pre-95 a major release was denoted with a new number prior to the dot in the version number, and a minor release with a new number after the dot in the version number. So this is how I am counting major releases:
Windows 1.0
Windows 2.0 (followed by minor release 2.1)
Windows 3.0 (followed by minor release 3.1)
Windows 95 (4th major release) (followed by minor release Widnows 95 OSR2)
Windows 98 (5th) (followed by minor release Windows 98 Second Edition)
Windows ME (6th)
Windows XP (7th) (SP1, SP2, SP3)
Windows Vista (8th)
“Windows 7” (9th major release)
How are you counting differently?
Indeed there are differing opinions regarding insurance, as QoP eloquently points out. And I’ve heard that analogy previously .
mariner, there was a Windows 1, Windows 2, and Windows 3(.1) prior to Windows 95. ’95 was referred to as Windows 4.0 during its development, until Microsoft employed a marketing ploy by dropping its traditional numbering system upon its release.
And just to add to Feivel’s point:
“Ayzeh hu chacham, halomed mi’kol adam”
One can learn what NOT to do from someone doing something wrong.
Microsoft is numerically challanged:
Windows 3.1
Windows 95 = Windows 4
Windows 98 = Windows 5
Windows ME = Windows 6
Windows XP = Windows 7
Windows Vista = Windows 8
“Windows 7” = Windows 9
house and car insurance are frequently mandatory (for a mortgage or registering a vehicle.)
Palestinians Call America for Obama…
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//081028/481/1caabe54532f44d592c6db0934f62302/
zimby, Benjamin Franklin said “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” But it ain’t no joke! 🙂
zimby, whats the joke?
Once a Hussein, always a Hussein.
Ahhhh…. but I forget:
The feminists question whether “this attitude have something to do with the times in which there were marked differences in the observance, labor, and social status of men and women.”
And wonder whether we “should we continue to adduce arrogance as a motivation, so that women not use the tallit.”
Times must’ve changed since Reb Moshe and the Rema, according to them, and we must “update” our poiskim to account for the new “social status” feminism has wrought upon society.
…which also brings out another point. Reb Moshe was clearly opposed to feminism. (But this is such an obvious point, it hardly needs any mention.)
Pashuteh,
You are referring to Igros Moshe, Orach Chaim 4:49, where Rem Moshe clearly opposes use of a talis by a woman, precisely because the Rema calls it arrogance:
“In regard to the women who participate in the battle [feminism] with other women of the world. These women who are Torah observant wish to bring this battle to the arena of Torah law and therefore some pray with Talis and Tefillin and the like. They wish that I state my opinion on the matter. However, it is obvious if her soul desires to fulfill commandments which she has not been commanded. However, since this is not the motivation, but rather due to her complaint against G-d and His Torah, this is not a Mitvza, on the contrary, it is a sin.”
Reb Moshe, Igros Moshe, OC 4:49
Thank You Feivel
That thread is closed. But it most certainly IS a “halachic issue”, according to Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 246:6. Also see the 6th to last post on the aforementioned (closed) thread for additional sources.
see the 4th to last comment on the previous page for additional sources.
jewish02, you just continue to demonstrate my initial point. In any event, that little organization is without influence and a dead issue for all practical purposes.
All of the above.
And everyone should follow all of their Rabbonim’s takanos. (i.e. the Syrian community should follow the Syrian Rabbonim, etc.)
“What relevance do siblings have on a potential shidduch?”
Chazal clearly state that a man should look at a potential brides brothers, as her children will resemble their character traits. So yes there certainly is relevance. (And yes there are exceptions.)
Here is some other thread that may interest you and jofa:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/tznius-standards/page/3
(first post)
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/rambam-on-marriage
From JOFA:
“The Road to Wearing a Tallit: Why an Orthodox Woman Wears a Tallit,” Marcus, Bat Sheva. JOFA Journal, V, 3, 2005, 12.
Synopsis: Bat Sheva Marcus describes the journey that brought her to wear a tallit in daily prayer.”
The Rema on Shulchan Orach states it is an act of arrogance for women to perform this mitzvah (Shulchan Orach, O.C. 17:2).
Another example is their position on women being able to learn Gemorah. We’ve had a long discussion on this issue in the Coffee Room where it was conclusively demonstrated that a woman cannot learn Gemorah, per Masechtes Sotah Daf 21b and Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah siman 246 sif 6 as well as poskim and other sources. you can read it at (last 8 or so comments on the page):
I’m not going to further debate their “sources” for these things, where they use (at best) psak din that Klal Yisroel has long paskened against. They are essentially irrelevant within Orthodoxy, and not worth any more time.
I, and surely others here, are familiar with jofa and their anti-Torah philosophies(as much as they miserably try to twist halacha out of it.)
Pashuteh, The Sefardim, until very recent times, have taken more than one wife. As far as Askenazim, the Torah specifically recognizes Takanos Rabbonim, which Cheirim Rabbeinu Gershom (and some of the other concepts you mentioned) is one of.
illini, do you have any examples you can point us to what you refer (where one has called another “not shomer mitzvos” since he isn’t “Yeshivish” like them?)
Modern: No, that is not possible. EVERYTHIMG in the Torah is as relevant today, as it was when the Torah was given. (Yes, that even includes Karbonos – which we use Tefila in its place – since we most unfortunately have no mizbaiach.)
Wow, Fief calls me judgemental, and in the same sentence not only judges me but negatively judges ALL “Yeshivish people” as black and white!
“option” should have read “opinion”.
“This is where individuals must choose which opinions resonate more within themselves. (There are some who will choose one Rav and follow his opinion on every matter. But how does one go about choosing which Rav to follow?…)”
You parenthesize the choosing a Rov and follow his opinion on every matter. But that is the ikur. Perhaps there is an element of choice in choosing a Rov (depending on ones situation), but once that choice is made, it is set. There is no “Rabbi shopping.” One must follow that Rov’s opinion on all matters, and defer ones own, regardless of ones agreement or option on any specific issue.
The Torah is Hashem’s word. Period. If one wants to know Hashem’s opinion on a matter, one should read the Torah. One must do as it says. And if there is any ambiguity, it is up to the Rabbonim to clarify, not ones own “opinion.”
aryehm: some people oddly refer to anyone who is more religiously stringent a kanoi.