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bein-hazmanim is B’H coming to a close, and s’ken zain az bein_hasdorim is already preparing to return to Yeshiva…
eric, You are contradicting yourself. Your point 2 is that there will always be latzanus by mussaf, but you then admit other shuls don’t have such latzanus. Additionally, they became shikur AFTER hakafus, since they didn’t hear kiddush and eat (and drink) until after leining.
TOHIGHSCHOOLGUY,
There is an extra . (dot) at the end of mariner’s second URL. Remove that final “dot”, and the link will work.
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anyone can put anything on any website. did those websites happen to be animal rights (or the like) sites?
jofa ought to drop the “o” in its acronym.
zevi8,
What country are you currently in?
Being not frum (i.e. doing what the Torah says) is a bad enough thing.
muchcommonsense, words of wisdom are recognized by the wise. Thank you for sharing yours.
gmab, indeed feminism is antithetical to Judaism.
muchcommonsense: “Shame on boys(or their parents) who put looks from the first 5 requirements on their list. LOOKS ARE NOTHING! It doesn’t make a marriage or break it. Doesnt make you happier at all.”
Beautifully said!
Pashuteh: “…guys will unanimously think she is unattractive… Women should never offer opinions on women’s looks, neither about themselves or others, as they are usually very poor judges”
No one is “unanimously” unattractive. Everyone is attractive to someone. And neither should MEN “offer opinions on women’s looks” as they are only their own, and the next guy will have his own opinion on the matter (and it is his that matters.)
Allow, and trust, the Rabbonim to make the call when takanos are (or are not) necessary.
Baruch Hashem… great to hear! COMPLETE Refuah bmheiro.
Ata echad u`shemo echad
You are One and Your Name is One;
U’mi k’amcha Yisrael, Goi echad ba’aretz
and who is like Your people Israel, one nation on earth.
Peres Gedulah Vaateres Yeshuah
The splendor of greatness and the crown of salvation,
Yom Menucha Ukdisha (oy) Liyamka Nototo
the day of contentment and holiness have You given to Your people.
Avraham Yagel Yitzchak Yeranen
Avraham would rejoice, Yitzchak would exult,
Yaakov uvanav yanuchu vo
Yaakov and his children would rest on it.
Its best to do the shechita of the chicken on site, immediately after shlugging kaparos, so the person can make a bracha and see the chicken being shechted (in his deserved place.)
Many, if not most, kapparos centers will have a shoichet on premises. This is especially the case if you are makpid to do kapporos early Erev Yom Kippur.
Feivel,
Great reminder. Always worth keeping this point in mind.
Thank You
gmab: “feivel: You’re being ridiculous.”
He was merely following your suggestions.
gmab, There is no other word for blacks in Yiddish other than shvartze. All the word means is black. As in, I have a shvartze car. When speaking in Yiddish or Yinglish, shvartza is black, roit is red, vass is white, and silver is zilber.
Pashuteh, We can meet at YWN World Headquarters and then walk a few blocks to the Beis Hamedrash and learn a few blat Gemorah!
gmab, Thats what we all do with the junk peta, greenpeace, the sierra club, etc. send us.
Coulter is a zoina. There are far better conservatives to use as an example than that fool.
she didn’t ban any books. it is a liberal lie, made out of a non incident.
Mi K’amchu Yisroel?
Now this is a question! The kind we should see lots more of…
Feivel, How much water did you consume that Erev Yom Kippur?
They certainly work for the people selling them.
Beis Medrash.
Merely a suggestion.
just me, I don’t dress in chasidish levush. Suit, tie, and fedora.
GMAB, Do you envision sharing your afterlife with the dogs?
“Animals are tortured from nascence till departure from this world to the next.”
GMAB, So animals have Olam Habah as well?
GMAB has paskened that it was mutar to shecht karbonos in the Beis Hamikdash.
We can all rest easy now that we need not discard our Chumash and Gemorahs.
I second what smalltowngirl said.
GMAB, The gadlus of Klal Yisroel is such a vital point, that one thread in never enough.
Efrayim Lebowitz, one of the students from the Chofetz Chaim’s yeshivah in Radin, was accused of spying for Germany, and he was put on trial in Russia. His gentile lawyer asked the Chofetz Chaim to testify as a character witness for his client. The Chofetz Chaim agreed and traveled to the city of witbask, where the trial was taking place.
After the Chofetz Chaim’s testimony, the lawyer wished to demonstrate his witness’ great piety to the judge, and so he told the following story:
“Once, when the Chofetz Chaim was in Warsaw, he was approached by a man with a five ruble note in his hands, who claimed that he owed the Chofetz Chaim a ruble for a book he had once bought from him. The Chofetz Chaim refused the money, saying that he did not remember such a debt, and it would be better to approach his accountant, who might have a record of the debt. After receiving this reply, the man changed his tune, this time claiming that he wanted to give a ruble as a donation. The Chofetz Chaim said he did not accept presents, but if he so wished, he could donate the money to the yeshivah in Radin.
The person agreed to do that, but when the Chofetz Chaim took out his wallet to give him change, he grabbed the wallet and ran away. The Chofetz Chaim began to run after him, shouting to him as he ran away that he could have the money and that he forgave him completely. Furthermore, he would not allow anyone to chase the thief.
The judge interrupted the lawyer saying, “My dear advocate, do you really believe that story?”
“I’m uncertain, Your Honor” answered the lawyer.
The judge asked, “If that is the case, why did you bring it as proof in your argument?”
The lawyer answered, “Your Honor, I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this story, but I do know that no one is saying such stories about you or me!”
(K’ztes Ha-Shemesh Bi-Gvuraso, p. 200)
shindy, Because the Torah they learn is lot more powerful, and provides far more support than waving any banners against Ahmadinejad.
cantoresq, I still have some maaiser left. Whats your email? I’ll also have Tomchei Shabbos add your address.
milchig – Firstly, Thank You.
“Joseph appears to be pro learning and learning only. It appears to me that he does not take into account those that work hard to generously support the learners.”
I’m pro working, as well as pro supporting learning to the same degree I am pro-learning.
“We… are annoyed by those that take from the gov’t so the husband can learn and the wife can play mommy/housewife all day.”
Playing mommy/housewife all day is THE MOST praiseworthy (and rewarding) job a wife/mother can have.
“Joseph, In this day and age do you believe one can contribute to learning and working as well?”
Unequivocally.
“We are lucky that we can listen to a shiur (IPOD, MP3, Internet, CD ,Tape) and read a safer at lunch or commuting to work. There is no reason for not earning a parnassah.”
You just need to do the best you can. I find your learning activities most praiseworthy.
Reading many of the responses here to the original poster says a lot as to why we have a “shidduch crisis.”
cantoresq, I’ll have to disagree (with: “mpst of whom contribute precious little in anything to the intelectual development or spiritual life of the Jewish nation”).
I believe that Klal Yisroel would benefit from more Torah learners. Klal Yisroel has always supported our Talmidei Chachomim.
I haven’t addressed Israel in particular in this thread. My views there reflect the Brisk/Satmar/etc. way, that they refuse to take any government funds from the zionist state.
rabbiofberlin – I’m glad to hear that!
cantoresq, there is no meat to your arguments. Its all chitzoniyus.
Perhaps even a profitable business service should be considered a chesed by the provider? Why not thank the the garbage man/barber/gardner?
cherrybim, I’m not in chinuch and feel unqualified to comment when a mechanech should administer (deserved) petch.
cantoresq, second-hand clothing!? GASP! Were they able to learn any less with their second-hand clothing instead of Giorgio Armani?
cherry,
I demolished your arguments halachicly point by point at every turn. You are out of air. When halachicly cornered, you asked for a Rav and I provided it, and you had NO ONE. Then I quoted you the Gemorah, Rambam, and specific named Poskim. And you still had no one. Couldn’t even name a Rav who agrees with your anti-halachic statements. You are not worth arguing with as you will not admit wrong however wrong you are openly proven.
Slifkin’s books are a bit hard to come by for good reason. They’ve been banned by the Gedolim as kefira.
“He is a good man.”
Does he require the cherrybim-seal-of-approval?
“When it comes to p’sak din, a Rav must hear both parties before issuing a decision.”
Is there someone seeking a psak din to an actual ongoing situation in this forum, or are we discussing general rules? And who are the “both sides” in any case?
“Also, he will be informed as to the name of the Gadol I am referring to.”
And why would he care to know?
Now that you know which Rav I got my information from, we are still waiting to hear which Rav you got yours. (And perhaps you’d care to comment of the Gemorah/Rambam on the previous page, as well as the quotes from Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Rav Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg above.)
My point being that pre-war few Yeshivas were wealthy and indeed poverty was rampant. And yet the Yeshivas pre-churban produced top notch Talmidei Chachomim. Of course food must be put on the table, but the rampant wealth we in America are cursed with, is more an impediment towards learning, than a benefit. Indeed many of our greatest scholars lived in the most dire conditions of pverty (and were happy with their lot.)