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Regarding global warming, I like to look at the headlines to understand the true message from Hashem – a method I’ve learned from Rabbi Pinchos Winston. There’s a medrash that before the mabul it was always spring and will be the same after Mashiach comes. I think that’s the true hint of the words globsl warming – to remind us what’s coming. Not necessarily because of of what scientists claim, but because Hashem will alter the world as He sees fit.
Mass formation psychosis
Yes, this is the law. In some upstate counties there have been two-cop teams – one will be in the squad car down the road and the other stands by the edge of the sidewalk and takes a step the moment a car passes by. He radios ahead that the car failed to yield and the car is ticketed. You’re just a cash cow.
Agree with @smerel. On this world, we have rules. Hashem told us how to deal with situations. Hashem will ultimately deal with him as needed.
I see a problem with borer b’kli. I’ve used pre-ground coffee in a teaball in kli shlishi in the past. You need to give the sediment a few minutes to settle.
You’d just fuel the next crisis: The tuition crisis!
Seriously though, most kesubas explicitly have a clause that the husband won’t take another wife.
Hydrogen peroxide cleans wool tzitzis best. I put tzitzis into a large ziploc bag and pour peroxide into it. Whitens them up nicely.
It’s all insane
I’m not an expert on string theory, but I do find it fascinating that every single particle of matter is constantly in motion. Every electron is moving at all times. There is clearly an infinite energy source powering them all, and science cannot even begin to explain it.
Also see Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer
I don’t think it’s much different than gambling. Halacha holds a gambler regrets losing and is only betting because he thinks he will win (asmachta). This kid likely has no idea how the real world works and got in way over his head. He’s responsible for making a really dumb decision, but the punishment is usually way too harsh for the crime, hence the pidyon. It’s a tough call, but we all make mistakes, sometimes way bigger than we can handle and Hashem forgives us and bails us out. We should try to emulate Hashem and we will ultimately succeed. My $0.02.
@Yabia Omer – Nowhere do we see it being ok for women to take out a Sefer Torah and read it for themselves. They are breaching protocol and “poretz geder” and that’s what makes them dangerous. The Ashkenazic community in particular is extremely wary of these movements and breaches, as they have seen first-hand the havoc they have wreaked on Jews worldwide.
Shulchan Aruch 282:3
הכל עולים למנין ז’ אפי’ אשה וקטן שיודע למי מברכין אבל אמרו חכמים אשה לא תקרא בציבור מפני כבוד הציבור: הגה ואלו דוקא מצטרפים למנין הקרואים אבל לא שיהיו כולם נשים או קטנים (ר”ן וריב”ש) ודין עבד כנעני כדין אשה אבל אם אמו מישראל מותר לעלות (הגהות מיי’ פי”ב מהל’ תפלה) ואסור לקרות בראש מגולה ואין איסור לקרות ע”ה נכבד ועשיר וגדול הדור לפני ת”ח כי אין זה בזיון לת”ח רק כבוד לתורה שמתכבדת באנשים גדולים (א”ז) וממזר מותר לעלות לס”ת (מהר”א מפרא”ג) וע”ל סי’ קל”ו מסדר הקרואים:
https://www.sefaria. org/Shulchan_Arukh,_Orach_Chayim.282.3
A vaccine that has been rushed, new technology, that has previously failed in animal trials for SARS and is showing anecdotal evidence of danger, and ZERO evidence that it even helps at all? Cmon man!
Here’s a sample:
Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Trial Sequential Analysis to Inform Clinical Guidelines
Use of Ivermectin Is Associated With Lower Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Ivermectin in COVID Nineteen Study
The association between the use of ivermectin and mortality in patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis
Therapeutic potential of ivermectin as add on treatment in COVID 19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Ivermectin as a potential drug for treatment of COVID-19: an in-sync review with clinical and computational attributes
Side point, if it’s not a conspiracy to force people to vaccinate, why has N-ACETYL CYSTEINE (NAC) been pulled from shelves around the country? It’s been over-the-counter forever, but suddenly some people are taking it to boost their immune system and it’s pulled from the market?
@mdd1 – why don’t you prove that people die from Covid? Most of the people – 76% IIRC had at least 2 co-morbidities. Why don’t you show how many people died from intrusive and unnecessary ventilation? Of being starved to death? Stop fear-mongering. People don’t die from Covid, they’re dying because health-care practitioners are not being allowed to treat them with effective medicines.
The vaccine is causing untold injuries and they don’t prevent catching covid, or spreading it. There are people even getting sick with “super colds” now (google that), likely due to the vaccine taxing and destroying their immune system.
India’s Utter Pradesh has eliminated Covid deaths, while a neighboring state with 85%+ vaccination rate has death through the roof.
Anyone believing or taking the vaccine and still wearing masks has been sold a bill of goods. Get with the program. You’ve been duped.
@mdd1 numerous personal stories of women who have been niddah for months, women who advocated for the vaccine having miscarriages, and worse. Statistically, there is more danger in the vaccine than covid. Pure and simple. There is no reason to take a “vaday” dangerous vaccine to prevent a “safek” danger from treatable covid.
@Yaakov Doe – swallow more blue pills from CNN. I hope you’re just trolling, because if you believe that a nobel prize winning discovery in medicine is just horse dewormer, you have a long way to recovery.
@The Shady Charedi
You’re not going to find “real” studies, because those are being supressed. Doctors who know, and who are not “owned” by big pharma have been giving them out. People who take them are being healed. Joe Rogan just recently took it and was back to normal in 3 days. It’s mostly anecdotal due to the communist book-burning and censorship we’ve all been under.@ujm – I didn’t say they have decades treating COVID. They have been safely used around the world for decades. Compared to a new vaccine with myriad reports of horrific outcomes, I’d take the former 1000x compared to a dangerous vaccine. Especially considering that 99.7+% of people survive COVID fine.
@ujm – Remdesivir has been killing people. And the rest have barely been invented, so once again, the side effects are unknown, as opposed to decades with HCQ and ivermectin. The newly announced Merck drug also seems to be ivermectin reformulated under a new name.
Option 1) Take an vaccine made of new technology, never used before in mass populations, with absolutely no data on long-term efficacy and/or dangers. Lots of anecdotal evidence of dangers and serious issues/paralysis/death being encountered by vaccinated individuals. Vaccinated individuals are both getting and spreading COVID regardless of their vaccinated status, as well as being hospitalized. Stats of “unvaccinated” being hospitalized are skewed because they count anyone not vaccinated for 14 days as “unvaccinated” to cover up any injuries by the vaccine.
Option 2) Do nothing. Possibly get COVID. Effective treatment is available with monoclonal antibodies. Risk of serious injury or death is very low (below 0.01%) for people without pre-existing conditions (overweight, diabetes mostly).
Option 3) Do nothing. Possibly get COVID. Take a well-tested drug that has been used for decades such as HCQ (over 60 years old; so safe, it’s sold over the counter in many countries) or Ivermectin (for which the inventor was given a Nobel prize) which has been shown to quickly prevent replication of the virus.
@ujm – what drugs are you talking about?You’re very right. It’s a pattern of progressive erosion of personal responsibility at the expense of society in general. Some people want government care cradle-to-grave. They expect others to pay for everything and are raising a society of incompetent buffoons who feel entitled to other people’s resources.
The numbers are unreliable. They are counting anyone vaccinated within 14 days as unvaccinated. Many epidemiologists believe the vaccine is weakening the immune system and causing the patient to become MORE susceptible to infection and worse. The whole thing is a farce. If you haven’t realized the propaganda and moving goalposts over the past 18 months, I suggest you open your eyes.
R&D Auto – 66th and New Utrecht
Inkjet printers are junk. They will incessantly clog, especially if used intermittently. Even with replacing the cartridge, it will sometimes still be clogged. The business model is to sell expensive ink cartridges and give the printer away below cost.
Just see the situation in England, where a young girl is being held hostage due to “health decisions” by a court who determined she <i>must</i> die. Her parents want to take her to Israel at their own expense, but are not allowed to. The judge ignored the fact that they are Jewish, and pulling the plug on her would be a violation of faith, because ‘the girl is too young and has never practiced religion’. The same thing happened with Charlie Gard in 2017. They are literally holding a child hostage because they can.
Stop giving the government more power. The only reason why insurance has skyrocketed since 0bama, is because he mandated coverage for insane procedures and coverage for “children” (up to 26, and now 29 years old I believe). Insurance has now become unaffordable for most middle-class people who aren’t on all the government programs. It’s absurd!
Here’s why government healthcare is being pushed so hard. Try to think if these agendas sound familiar. [Eight] Rules for radicals (by Saul Alinsky) that will lead to socialism:
Control Healthcare
Increase Poverty
Increase national debt/taxes, which will create more poverty
Gun Control
Welfare (control all aspects of people’s lives – food, housing, income)
Education
Religion (remove religion from schools)
Create Class warfareA large cooler is probably your best option. Wrapping everything in a blanket or towel before putting in the cooler would be even better.
Since we’re living in a world that has the truth literally hiding (Ha’emes Ne’ede’res’) – Rabbonim, Askonim and many others have been acting out of actual panic and without proper evaluation of the situation required of a Beis Din. The FDA did not properly vet the vaccine, and nobody can confirm its reliability or safety. The same FDA and CDC that pushed this vaccine at “warp speed” denied usage of medicines that were deemed safe for over 60 years and are used over the counter in many countries worldwide. Do you trust those people? Are those the experts we’ll base Halacha on? I surely hope not. How about the CEO of Pfizer who told Fauci about the vaccine being ready before the November election, but refused to announce it until after the election, lest Trump benefit from the announcement. It’s. All. Politics. You. Are. Being. Played.
The Lancet (the most highly regarded medical journal in the world) published an article in April showing the vaccine is delivering actual results of 1-2% reduction in transmission. This entire virus/weapon has been hyped beyond our wildest comprehension and China is laughing all the way to the bank.
I won’t deny the virus is real – I was sick in bed with fever for 3 weeks and could barely move. What’s criminal is the denial of life-saving medicines that already exist; starving and dehydrating people to death in hospital rooms because nurses (Riiiight, let’s make a parade for “front-line workers”) wouldn’t tend to patients. There are abundant stories from first-hand accounts – people who died and were found with notes in their pockets where they wrote how they are dying of thirst and being abandoned and ignored.
I’ll pose this simply – if one dies or is seriously injured by the vaccine will they receive any compensation from any insurance company? Will life insurance pay? No, they will deny, and have already denied any claims, citing that the vaccine is experimental. That’s all you need to know. If anyone wants to take an experimental DNA modifying drug to possibly prevent a 0.001% chance of dying, good luck to them. All the more so children, who have not been affected at ALL from this virus. I’ll stick with Sofek u’voday, ein Sofek motzi mi’dei voday – the risk of the vaccine causing injury of any kind is higher than the risk of the virus which a person may not necessarily contract. And if a person already got the virus, taking the vaccine is just propaganda to the max – denying Hashem’s ability to give us natural immunity that is far superior than any man-made vaccine.
Your rabbi is trying to point you in the right direction, but he might not be aware of the details and struggles that you have. As others mentioned above ADHD people have a hard time keeping to a routine. If you can schedule yourself (and follow it!), great. Otherwise, wallowing in self-pity and despair will probably send you spiraling out of control.
It’s best to do whatever is necessary to help yourself. Some have success with “mindfulness” – paying attention to breathing, davening, etc. to stay in the moment. It trains the brain to focus and can help in the long-run. But if it’s wreaking havoc on your life, it might be wise to discuss medication with a professional – even if only used temporarily while working on yourself.
All the best
Ohel can provide you with therapy and psychiatry services. From the research it seems that ADHD is usually very difficult to treat without meds. It’s probably worth a try.
Insurance companies look at the “big picture” and they are likely subsidized by government to give out the vaccines. This is for general vaccines. You can look up the rules for each insurance company. They pay doctors a bonus if they give 10 vaccines per child for 85%+ of their patients.
On a macro scale, yes, maybe this covid vaccine works or at least doesn’t do harm. On an individual level however, there are significant risks that far outweigh the benefits IMHO, especially for children who are barely affected by the virus.
Sanhedrin 97a
תניא ר’ יהודה אומר דור שבן דוד בא …והאמת נעדרת
In the generation that Moshiach comes…the truth will be lacking.
We’ve seen all the lies these past 15+ months. Doctors no longer do research, they just parrot what they’re told and paid by the insurance companies to dole out vaccines.
Don’t be sheep.It almost seems like you’re kofer on a possuk mefurosh in the Torah. Be careful what you say. Not even Avoda Zora has “enraged” Hashem as much as talking bad about His land.
Check out “The secret war against the Jews by John Loftus”. Great read, but it will make your blood boil. They purposely threw Israel under the bus and caused countless Jewish deaths. The Yom Kippur war was completely preventable, as was the USS Liberty which was being used to spy on Israel and pass sensitive information to Egypt.
After reading what Weinberger and Bush Sr’s father. did to Israel, nothing surprises me from the corrupt permanent bureaucracy in Washington. May Hashem swiftly and publicly punish them for their crimes as he did to Pharaoh.
Gun control is where it’s at. Every single murderous dictator outlawed and confiscated guns before their brutal, murderous campaigns. As someone put it: ‘If the Jews of Europe were armed, and SS officers had to worry that they might not return home to their families that night, things may have been very different’.
As Jews, we understand that we’re always going to end up being a target, and that Hashem is directing everything regardless of our physical preparedness. However, we still must do our part. Unfortunately, the current state of affairs in Israel (due to communist tactics) is not very appealing for many.
You do realize Floyd committed suicide by taking 3x the fatal overdose level of drugs so the cops didn’t catch him with the drugs.
- R' Blumenkrantz mentioned these things in his guide for years - Nobody is eating the grounds - There are no whole bugs - A bug is "nosen ta'am lif'gam" - it give a bad flavor and bittul is not even required
I believe R Avigdor Miller might have gone to public school. He once mentioned how a certain teacher will have a portion in Olam Haba because besides teaching math, he spoke about G-d.
I hear the sentiment, but think this would cause a divorce crisis. Most “bochrim” are so immature as to be barely tolerable for the first few years of marriage, even with girls younger than them. The difference between goals and ideals taught to boys and girls is staggering. [Insert rant about education system].
@Health – he can’t even reverse any executive orders – as SCOTUS has ruled that there are no rules anymore, laws don’t matter, and Hussein’s Executive orders – although completely illegal, still stand (DACA). It’s a free-for-all. Oh, I forgot, that’s only for Democrats. Carry on.
So to confirm, just because the fraud is complete and certified, it’s over? Is that how all things work with Democrats? They just proclaim “I’m now a man” and everyone nods in agreement?
I prefer to wait and see. Trump has pulled off the impossible before.
Biden was the brand name they used to get a puppet in. Amalek Harris was the most disliked of all candidates, so they stuck her in as a puppet. America downfall in 3…2…
Verifiable 2-way proof. When you can figure that one out without blockchain and with voter privacy, you win.
The reason the studies failed was because they gave very high doses of HCQ to people who were already very sick. HCQ cannot heal COVID, together with Zinc it can only prevent the virus from replicating at a high rate, preventing the cytokine storm that was responsible for overwhelming the body and causing ventilation (which sometimes did more harm than good). The added Azithromycin was to prevent a secondary lung infection (bronchitis/pneumonia) from developing due to the damage already inflicted by COVID. There is ample evidence that very early treatment with this protocol could have prevented many deaths. Anyone who has traveled to Africa has already taken HCQ as a precaution against malaria – it’s even sold over the counter in many countries.
One promotes goodness in the world and one promotes destruction. Which force is behind each one? Now you know your answer.
It’s like the stock market. Everyone knows a crash is coming, but nobody can tell exactly when. The best mashal of Israel I’ve heard, is the way a fruit grows. It flowers, but has a shell. However, once it’s grown, the shell (klipa) is tossed away and all that’s left is a beautiful fruit.
Tich’le Shana Ve’Kileloteha
What shaychus does masks have to slowing the spread? Please see what I wrote. The masks aren’t helping unless sick, contagious people are walking around and wearing high quality masks. If you are healthy, there is no point in wearing one, unless it’s N95 and you want to protect yourself.