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As Sam2 above has pointed out, these Masechtos focus on issues of universal morality.
Before we can be good Jews we must first be good “Mentches”.
One who takes the moral messages of Baba Kama to heart will be a better driver.
Likewise, learning about the obligations in Kesubos will make for better husbands.
By the end of October, bears are supposed to be hibernating.
“Arba Misois Beis Din niggun”
Executions are not something to joke or sing about.
After an execution, the entire Court must fast the remainder of the day.
This is discussed in Gemara Berachos, and answered from the examples of Moshe:
It is a wide range between:
5 words as in his prayer for Miriam’s recovery, and
40 days as in his prayer for the Jewish people after the golden calf.
Same one as mosherose was doing 8 months ago.
In the Gemara it says that a Beis Din that executes once in 70 years is considered a bloody court.
“two or three offenders a year”
Bear wants to be about 200 times as bloody.
We now have those who know the floor plan of gehennom, but nothing about Meleches Machsheves (requirements for an act on Shabbos to be an actual Biblical violation).
A Chinuch (education) which is strong in Fire & Brimstone, but weak in Halachic details will create Fanatics and Rebels.
This warning is from Gitten 57, the Gemara we learn on 9 Av. There the warning is be fearful of hard line actions against your fellow Jew, or inappropriate piety that can lead to Destruction.
Shein, I have to disappoint you, but s’raifah is the rarest of the 4.
For those desiring Fire & Brimstone Judaism, I have further bad news: Dante, the most graphical writer about gehennom, was not Jewish.
The $3K Shaitel is needed when applying for that $300M business loan.
Every technological innovation has increased our ability to do both good and evil.
The humble shoes we wear had a much greater impact than the Ipod.
One potential pitfall of texting is that you become so addicted to it that you lose the ability to speak and listen and fall into the category of “Cheresh”.
For those who keep Shabbos, you are forced to speak and listen at least one day out of seven and will never fall into the category of “Cheresh”.
An ipod may help arouse the Taavah for real issur, but shoes get you there.
Some of us have non Jewish neighbors whom we do not want to disturb with night time construction.
The Tigers have been granted MODERATOR status and have closed down this thread in advance of Yom Kippur.
The Empire Strikes Back.
10-1 with a big 8th inning.
If the Tigers don’t finish them off Thursday, the Rangers will have to do the task.
When Yom Kippur falls on Saturday, you would be doing “Chukas Suburbia”.
A major Suburban Ritual is the weekly Saturday morning washing (corresponding to Shacharis) and waxing (corresponding to Musaf) of all their cars.
When I first saw this post, thought about all the prohibitions that would be involved.
Perhaps there is a way to wash it without being oiver on any Biblical prohibitions or on any major Rabbinic prohibitions? After all , in some situations dishes can be washed on Shabbos. Waxing would have to be skipped. Have warm water from before Yom Kippur on a “blech” for both washing and rinsing. Use only the right kind of brushes, not cloth. Of course the car would have to be in a proper eruv and far away from any grass. Pre-mix the soap in the warm water.
Did I miss anything?
“it is permitted to walk on the street when necessary”
What defines necessary?
Is going an extra block to another shul really necessary?
Joseph, (or perhaps mosherose), based upon this men would be obligated to avoid walking the streets as much as possible.
If there are two shuls a man can go to on Shabbos, he would be obligated to go to the closer one.
Devarim 4:32 encourages inquiring about all that came before you from creation onwards, and from the end of the heaven to the end of the heaven.
Sometimes laziness can drive the correct behavior.
For example, in this week’s Parsha:
Remember what G-d did to Miriam… and avoid Loshon Hara (speaking evil about your fellow) and avoid the complexities of dealing with Tzaraas.
Prophet Yirmeyahu instructed us to make our peace with the Medina that destroyed the first Temple and be good Babylonian citizens. Likewise, we all need to accept the “Zionist” Medina as a fait accompli and be good citizens there.
We are talking about Orthodontic Judaism.
With Ultra Orthodontic Judaism your mouth looks like a major construction zone.
With Modern Orthodontic Judaism, the braces are hidden.
If your teeth are crooked and you can not afford either, then you have to go the Sunglasses and / or Hat route.
For under $100 you can get a large enough Hat (Black or otherwise) or loud enough pair of Sunglasses that no one will look at your teeth.
Both MO and UO men wear the Black Hat.
However, MO believe it is so holy that it can only be worn One Day each year. That Day should be Yom k’Purim. However, the color Black is inappropriate for Yom k’Purim. Hence, it is worn on Yom Purim itself.
In the modern US military descendants of slaves, slave owners, confederates and Yankees have work together.
A huge amount of the resources that deal with weather emergencies are part of the US Navy. They also bring us sunrise and sunset charts, and actual “Molad” (of the new moon) calculations.
On Shabbos we announced the Molad to be 4:24:43 Monday morning Jerusalem Solar Time or about 10:04 PM tonight Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The Navy calculated Molad is 11:04 tonight EDT.
The present Queen Elizabeth has generally dressed respectfully (even when she was younger) and so has Princess Catherine.
WIY wears sunglasses so he does not have to see the gum chewers.
mooooooooo
Does she wear sunglasses and / or chew gum?
mooooooooooooooooooooo
They need to preserve their vision so they can take care of their husbands in old age.
“and tzitzis, in this day and age, do not tell the truth about a person.”
No article of clothing has that capability.
When people think an article of clothing does, then it becomes the favorite of crooks.
Can we all agree that there are communities of Ovdei Hashem that do wear the black hat, and that there are communities of Ovdei Hashem that do not wear the black hat?
Deafness used to be a tremendous social disability.
Now with the new generation doing all its communications thru texting, it may become much less so.
Then I guess the mods let Apikorsus be posted.
I expect pashkevils to be going up this weekend banning the Coffee Room.
More important than the tie for formal events is being freshly showered. By late Shabbos afternoon most of us are somewhat “sweaty” and the tie makes us more sweaty in both reality and appearance. Hence, the tie can actually detract from our appearance.
If insularity is the goal, then a strong financial self sufficiency is an essential requirement.
The most successful insular community in the USA that I am aware of is the Amish; and they are very self sufficient.
We see more mentioning of our Avos’ efforts for self sufficiency then their efforts for insularity.
Yeshivah policy is not to attempt to emulate the Divine reward system. Only G-d knows the true ameilus of any learner.
Yeshivah policy has to focus on the Kavod of Torah and contribution to the Tzibur.
In he serious professions no one is monitored for hours of study. Everyone is monitored for specific mastery and / or contributions.
“she said i could take the 59 oz tropicana juice, since it didn’t come in 48 oz and ‘its all the same anyway’. i did not feel comfortable doing that, since my check was only for 48 oz.”
Here, he store was giving you 11 ounces free. They will only get reimbursed for 48 oz. from the gov’t.
observanteen, what should be allowed in this forum?
“what is Biblical and what is rabbinic”
Such information can be obtained by anyone in the USA by ordering English language books from Mesorah or Feldheim.
Actually you do not focus on such details at first unless needed.
What you do not do is convince them that they are already doomed as some of the more zealous statements in the threads would imply.
Because then they will simply give up completely on Shabbos and Judaism.
For the more learned, knowing what is Biblical and what is rabbinic is part of the beauty of Shabbos.
The incense offered in the Temple had 11 ingredients. One was galbanum which has a foul odor. This teaches that even the non observant have to be included in the service of G-d.
If we are more inclusive in the coffee-room, the services will be more inclusive as those not yet observant will feel more welcome.
They will then come to see the beauty of Shabbos and stop texting on Shabbos, and partake of Shabbos related pleasures instead. With greater unity and observance the Temple will be rebuilt.
“derech malbush”
This term can be confusing.
It shows up in the laws of Shabbos where it is used as a means of transporting items, even when one does not benefit from wearing them. Then we have the Shaatnez case where one puts on an item “derech malbush”, but only to advertize and sell the item. Hence, “derech malbush” alone without physical benefit is not enough to create a violation of Shaatnez.
“or to cloister yourself lifnai v’lifnim in the kodesh hakedoshim”
Only one person was allowed into the kodesh hakedoshim, and only on one day.
In other areas of Kodesh only Kohanim were allowed.
The Tribe of Levi at Exodus was only about 1/40th total Jewish nation.
Most of us have to operate in the world of Chol and elevate it.
Today we are not lacking the “Tribe of Levi” who are most energized in the service of G-d. We are lacking the other tribes.
I just looked up some climate data in the “alter haim” of Eastern Europe. I picked Warsaw Poland. Even in the summer, it was 54 degrees Fahrenheit (12 Celsius) when our grandfathers put on the Arba Kanfos in the morning. Hence, they had the “pleasure of warmth” from them.
“The Rasha, on the other hand, asks why are we doing this?”
You got the 3rd word from the end wrong: The Rasha uses “you”, not “we”.
My argument is that if Tzitzis is like Shaatnez then the underlying Beged (article of clothing) has to have some positive purpose of wearing, separate from being a vehicle for fulfilling the mitzvah of Tzitzis.
Besides protection from sun or cold clothing can be worn:
a) for style if the Beged is visible;
b) absorb sweat;
c) cover nakedness;
d) support other clothing;
e) depict your favorite cartoon character or baseball player (even if not seen by others).
Other purposes that would or may not qualify include:
f) transporting the item (such as on Shabbos);
g) selling the item such as the Shatnez (wool linen mixture) to non Jews who do not have this prohibition;
h) show mourning such as Mordechai did when Haman issued his decree against us, and the Neturei Karta on Yom Ha-atzmaut; and
i) inflict pain on oneself as some non Jewish religious sects do.
With Shabbos the magical term is “Derech Malbush” (the way of wearing the item) and appears to be permitted even when the sole purpose of “wearing” the item is to get it away from an unsafe area.
For those who violate Shabbos we try to bring them around to fully keep Shabbos. We generally assume that they were not fully aware of seriousness of the violation. When I learned the Gemara of Shabbos I learned that one who violates Shabbos, but does not know the seriousness of the violation can later bring a sin offering to atone.
To bring them to fully keep Shabbos we must show them the beauty of Shabbos, not invoke “Fire and Brimstone” which can turn them off and lead then to fully give up trying to keep any of the Torah.
For those who violate the 6th commandment, we are more interested in protecting society, than in trying to “bring them around”.