Windows phone 7 series. 🙂

Hmm…let me go hock my rabbi again.

Moshe Rabbeinu davened until Hashem told him “Stop!” So Daven until Hashem tells you “stop!”

The problem with using the same oven is that spills happen and get absorbed by the pots put in the oven.

Carmine- yes, the piske teshuvos brings down it’s muttar. There’s a pri megadim who says chazusa belo taama milsa hi in the part that discusses chazusa- it’s been years but i’ll try to find it tonight Kashrus agencies hold treif, based on Minchas Yitzchok, vol.3, 96, but chashuveh people say muttar.

This is from Rabbi kaganoff, good maareh mekomos:

The boldness of a color announces its existence. Can we say that a color is bateil when we clearly see evidence of its existence?

Several great halachic authorities discuss this question, reaching widely different conclusions. Some prohibit consumption of the resultant product precisely because one can notice its existence (Pri Megadim, Mishbetzos Zahav 100:1; Minchas Kohen, Sefer HaTaaroves 3:3, quoted by Darkei Teshuvah 102:30). They contend that bitul can only happen when the offending item leaves no trace. A colorant is by definition very noticeable and therefore not bateil. According to this approach, all of the juice drinks mentioned must be recalled since the non-kosher ingredient is very noticeable.

On the other hand, the Vilna Gaon argues that determining whether the food is kosher depends on whether one can taste the treif ingredient (Yoreh Deah 102:6). In our instance, although the color is noticeable, no one tastes the colorant, and therefore the finished product is permitted, assuming that the admixture was made in error. An earlier authority, the Minchas Yaakov (74:5), also espouses this position.

Some authorities concluded a position between these two positions, comparing our question to a Gemara that discusses whether someone who stole dye and cloth and now returns the dyed fabric fulfills his mitzvah of returning what he stole. The Gemara rules that this depends on whether the dye is considered to still exist after it has been used because its color is still noticeable (Bava Kamma 101a). Is the color on the cloth treated as if the dye itself still exists, or did the dye become bateil and no longer exists?

Last q from me:

A frum couple has a goyishe baysitter home all day. They sternly warn her not to use the kitchen or she will get fired, and then they both leave to work/kollel/school, leaving the baysitter at home by herself. Is the kitchen kosher (mirsas) or treif (no mirsas)?

Carmine- the piskei teshuva brings down befeirush that it is permitted. However, the pri megadim says chazusa belo taama milsa hi.

Based on this, most modern kashrus agencies do not allow carmine.Used to be a problem with some cranberry juices.

Shellac- not real chazusa, batul berov. Rabbi Blemenkrantz was not happy with this kulah being universally accepted, but without it it’s hard to make good candy.

The question is by the lard, neicha bei means that neicha it tastes better or neicha bey an issur was done. I actually forgot what we say here. forgot about that taz about fat tho, thanks. I heard the same thing about a rice with milk in the flavor packet mixture cooked in a fleishigs pot- the milk was avidi letaami but no real taste so batul as less than shishim.

correct about the Rav Akiva eiger, although the magen avraham by pesach implies this is not allowed by chometz- not sure where it was in my cllalei issur veheter cheat sefer.

Steam jackets directly pipe in heat from other parts of factories. Serious kashrus concern based on the steam treifing the pipes.

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Sam2, according to the pri megadim bishul basar bechalav is even by roasting (check his hakdama to basar bechalav). Pizza can be considered a kli rishon as it’s a davar gush. In practice, most food we throw out isn’t hot enough to be an issue, but it’s something to be aware of. Bishul basar bechalav even without intention to eat is a major problem with biofuels from recycled restaurant oils.

As for the lard in oil roommate,

befeirush in shulchan aruch- it’s assur for the person who did it bemeizid and the person for whom he did it. He did it for you. I’m avoiding the issue if a drop is avidi letaamah and therefore not batul be’elef, as there are many who say similar tastes can’t be avidi letaamah.

As for the oil, it’s based on “steam jackets”- pipes filled with water vapor of a product used to heat another product. Factories use them all the time to save heating costs. In this case, the same factory made lard, and the pipes were filled with water vapor from lard, making the pipes treif and therefore the product they were heating treif. No water vapor gets in the product, product is pure canola oil, and still treif. Steam jackets are one of the most common kashrus problems in factories and hotels.

3 large pieces of steak, 1 is treif. When would we allow this despite chaticha harauya lehiskabed?

Bonus basar bechalav issue- it is assur to be mevatel issur lechatchila. basar and chalav are kosher until treif. Can you purposely dilute 1 part milk in 61 parts water, and then use that water with meat?

Sam2, if the garbage can has fleishigs, throwing the pizza out could be bishul basar bechalav which is assur even if you do not eat it.

yitayningwut, one of the meforshim there says specifically that the achbera dedavra is the squirrel. Rashi says so as well.

yungerman1, even tho the drop should be battul, in this case we don’t allow bitul lechatchila and it’s assur for you. In addition, if he says it adds flavor it could be avidi letaama, although this area is a bit grey- in metzius it shouldn’t add a noticeable taste. This is similar to the machlokes about sherry casks in liquor.

Here’s a common one. You buy 100% canola oil in the store without a reliable hechsher. not a drop of lard is in there in metzius, and yet halachically it’s treif. Why?

Why would carmine coloring be or not be a problem?

Most kosher candies are covered in the secretion of the lac bug, aka shellac aka confectioners’ glaze. Why would this be allowed?

Is beer made with isinglass good?

Your friend mixes 1 drop of lard into your kosher canola oil and says it makes it taste better and he did you a favor. Can you use the oil?

What are the 4 cases the shach allows something where nitosef issur? What are the added 2 cases of raavad and issur veheter?

What yummy creature is known as the achbera dedavra?

What ruins a chaticha hareuya lehiskabed acc to the pre migadim and pri chadash?

What’s the machlokes issur veheter and shach about chaticha hareuya lehiskabed?

Can you throw out hot pizza into a garbage with fleishigs?

If you put cheese on top of pork and fried it, were you over ishul basar bechalav?

2 hours after eating meat you take a piece of milchig candy and make a bracha on it. now what?

Sunday in July, at a bris. Somebody is about to have a bagel with cream cheese and lox, and his father says “we don’t do that”. Why?

OJ with omega 3 contains fish oil. Can one drink this with meat?

mdd, Rabbi Feldman clearly says they are believing a dead man will come back, and quotes the gemara with daniel.

The ma’areches hashulchan sometimes gets the halacha wrong, as can be seen by looking at the pri megadim and the machatzis hashekel.

apushatayid, The letter is available at identifyingchabad.org, along with gil student’s website. Whether or not you understand it, the psak remains- the newsletter shows much of chabad is michutz lamachaneh. To get back into the machaneh, just remove the word shlit”a and stop saying yechi. The ball is in Chabad’s court.

The letter makes a chiluk between saying the rebbe is dead and moshiach and alive.

Gezeiros have been repealed, eg ezra’s takanahs, the ban on stam silsam and stam shamnam by the “bei dina dsharu mishcha”

Apushetayid:

Jothar, that is a red herring argument. I asked you, which of the ikkarim are violated by appending shlita to the name of a dead person. Please do not avoid the question by asking another question. If you choose not to answer, that’s fine. You also neglected to explain what is wrong with a group referring to their Rebbe as the nasi hador.

As I’ve mentioned, the mara deshmaatsa is Rav Aharon Feldman Shlit”a who’s on the Moetzes. Feel free to ask him all your questions. However, I’m not sure what your question on the shita is. “Dead” is not Shlit”a, Shlit”a is not “dead”. If you call someone shlit”a, it’s because you think he’s alive and does not go the way of all men. This is pashut aleph beis- I’m not sure what the question is. Nobody says Moshe Rabbeinu Shlit”a. Nobody says Tzemach Tzedek Shlit”a either.

As I’ve said, I have no sissue with the superlatives they put on their own leadership. I just used it to help clarify the sicha.

I’m also excluding the Rav Shach ZT”L and Rav Aharon Kotler ZT”L who said that it’s apikorsus long before the Rebbe was niftar. I mention Rav Aharon Feldman’s shita because it’s more moderate and more palatable for the denizens of the CR. Unfortunately, thanks to the lechaim newsletter, we see apikorsus is widespread in the movement.

So in sum, as per Rav Aharon Feldman Shlit”a, saying “Rebbe Shlit”a” is apikorsus. Lechaim newsletter says Rebbe Shlit”a; ergo it’s apikorsus and many Lubavitchers are apikorsim. Don’t kill the messenger.

Chocolate is much cheaper than SSRI’s, unless you have a sweet Rx plan.

apushatayid: Which of the 13 Ikkarim does appending shlita after a dead person violate?

Which ones does turning a human being into a god NOT violate?

morechumras, keshot atzmecha va’achar kach keshot acheirim. I have a good one for you: Mar Ukvah said he is “vinegar, son of wine” for not waiting 24 hours between meat and milk. I dare you to succeed where he could not. I suggest you take this one up first.

Next would be taanis behab every week.

Lesschumras, I agree 100% with your last post, in that chumras taken that one is not on the madreiga for will lead to kulos and worse ( gemara of mar ukva refusing to wait 24 hours between meat and milk, Rav Dessler, kav hayashar ch. 52, etc).

My objection is when inconvenient actual halachos are disregarded as just chumras.

Which chumras are you apposing?

Making of a Gadol implies that Purim plays were a way of allowing bochurim to vent their frustrations and feelings. He quotes from some famous plays on volozhin and slabodka.

And I am becoming convinced that certain things claimed in the Coffee Room as “halachic positions” are actually untenable from the point of view of Orthodox halacha. But that is neither here nor there.

Abelleh, a main tenet of modern Western thought is pursuit of truth, intellectual vigor and the open analysis of ideas, not the stifling of ideas because it might offend those who don’t understand the process of questioning and examining. Ahavas chinam means loving each and every Jew as a child of G-d, not accepting beliefs which are in contradistinction to your own. The gemara in Yevamos (13b, iirc) makes it clear that the talmidim of Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel would respect each other’s beliefs, and let them know which of their children would be incompatible based on the others’ beliefs. Let the debates continue.

To be clear, chumras that are clearly chumras instead of gezeiros and actual halachos are to be avoided unless one is on the level.

Yossi, I am responding to these 2 statements by you.

#1:

granted, some chassidim are misguided but that is not the fault of lubavitch. people have got to make that distinction and stop blaming the chassidus rather than the person’s choice. as to those groups in lubavitch people have a problem with (elokistim, boreinuniks, real yechiniks) i would like to break it to you that they do NOT represent chabad in any form or fashion so stop saying lubavitchers are crazy etc, lubavithcers aren’t crazy, these people are misguided.

*end rant*

#2:

To address the point brought up about the rebbe saying about himself that he was moshiach, show me in a sicha or maamer where he says that and not what a mishechist says as they tend to like twisting things to fit to their ideology. That goes for the definitions of non yechiniks too.

So I showed a sicha where the Rebbe basically says he’s moshiach, and is thus directly responsible for the crazies.