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See the RMA SA O’CH 339,3 and the MB there s’k 8,9,10
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כי ה’ נתן לנו כח לעשות חיל Hashem gives us the abilities, mind and understanding to mechadesh something in the Torah. The Chasam Sofer explains that a person is not allowed to say something new. All chidushim are hidden in the Torah and we are given the abilities to find them. The Rav Haflaah in Parashas Bo says that a kashye, a question comes from a Devine intervention, a siyata dishmaya which is usually required to get the hidden Torah revealed. He gives a parable to a simple person who is given a diamond. What am I going to do with it? As he likes gold, goes to a goldsmith to cover it in gold. The goldsmith being no expert, leaves some holes. The simple person only sees the gold. However the smart person sees the diamond under the gold. The kashye gets us to see the diamond underneath the gold.
The Binah Leitim explains איזהו עשיר השמח בחלקו, to be truly happy, we must share our wealth by making others also happy. All qualities in the mishna is a poel yotzei, something done to others. איזהו חכם הלומד מכל אדם. It says מתלמידי יותר מכולם, when one teaches, he learns. איזהו מכובד המכבד את הבריות it does not say המכבדים אותו, who is honored as he has no control over being honored.
I just listened to a presentation of AI and came to the conclusion that there is no a’z involved as it cannot do currently what humans cannot do except for speed. Do not worship the technology.
Can a computer with AGI solve the halting problem?
A human being creates data a computer uses data.
Can a computer solve with AI a non recursive non computable problem? Will another computer stop or be in a loop and will have to time out?
It still needs data to learn from.
A computer cannot make a decision on its own. It must be told what to do in each alternative case. The old question was to make a robot that can change a light bulb. It has to recognize which one is bad and have a soft enough touch not to crush it.
The Chacham Tzvi questions if the Maharal’s goilem can be counted for a minyan. Rava created one and Rav Zera destroyed it, why? Rebbi Elizer freed his eved, servant. Why did he not create one? Maybe Reb Moshe ztz’l says that a mechaleh shabbos can be counted but it does not make tefila betzibur.
My arrival was July 9, 1959. The day of departure was February 12, 1957. My father a’h got involved helping people to escape. Yaakov Miller’s family and Michoel Schnitzler’s family went through him. Being at the border of Austria, he thought that he can leave anytime. In the beginning when someone was caught escaping, would be sent back and they were able to try again. At the turn of 1957, the laws became strict with jail time. In February when my father wanted to take a big family, was told that it is too dangerous I rather take you. My father comes home at night and said, pack up we are leaving, We took one suitcase and got on the last wagon of the train to be able to get out in the back without being noticed and be able to hide in the bushes. After walking a while 2 Hungarian soldiers took over. At the border, search lights required us to crawl in order not be seen. The soldiers left and we were pointed to a direction and we walked in plow field which separated Hungary and Austria called nomans land. Everything was scary, a dog barking a tree whistling from the wind. After a while we arrived to an Austrian custom house. We stayed over in a motel and luckily we encountered a bus driver who took us to Vienna. The Joint placed us in a hotel called The Continental Hotel for refugees where we were for 3 months. From there we were relocated to a displacement camp in Upper Austria called Asten close to Linz. We stayed in wooden barracks. We had a cheder, secular schooling and an Ashkenaz and Sefard (chasiddish) minyonim. After 2 years the Hias flew us to New York. We lived in Crown Heights until my marriage in 1972. I took a bus to Williamsburg to the Wiener yeshiva. In 1963 I left it and went to Chasan Sofer on the East Side which moved to Boro Park.
Maybe this is the meaning according to the Rav Ben Ish Chai ztz’l of the pasuk לא יחצו ימיהם. The gemora says in Meseches Shabbos that Yitzchak Avinu was learning zechus on the Jews that half of the time they should not be responsible for sinning as they are sleeping, so we can divide their days. However one who takes ribus (interest from a Jew) sins also at night because the money makes money even when sleeping and therefore we cannot divide his days. ואני אבטח בך but I trust in you, so I will not take interest and my days can be divided.
אר”י בר סימון יהי ערב אין כתיב כאן אלא “ויהי ערב” מכאן שהיה סדר זמנים קודם לכן.
א”ר אבהו מלמד שהיה בורא עולמות ומחריבן עד שברא את אלו אמר דין הניין לי יתהון לא הניין ליא”ר פנחס טעמיה דר’ אבהו “וירא אלהים את כל אשר עשה והנה טוב” מאד דין הניין לי יתהון לא הניין לי
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The censured gemora in Senhandrin indicates that the אותו האיש was given thirty days for people to report zechus in his defense even though we have a rule אין טוענין למסית because קרוב למלכות היה most probably, for this reason, he was transferred to the Romans.
The Ohr Hachaim in Parashas Shemini explains that the pig will become kosher leosid lavo. Currently it does not re-chew but leosid lavo a new creation will occur which will re-chew and have cut hoofs maybe because Esov will do teshuva and change from his fakeness.
The answer to the question is that NASA after the moon landing in 1969 when reaching a great milestone cut their exploration budget and individual companies took over the feat.
I thank Hashem Yisborach that my father had the foresight to realize that their will be no yiddishkeit in my birthplace of Sopron, Hungary. I was 9 years old when leaving due to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and arriving after being in Austria for 2 1/2 years to the US of America.
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Look at the sefer Tiferes Yonasan from Rav Yonasan Eibshutz, Bereishis (8, 21) on וירח ה’ את ריח נחח on the Dor Haflaga that they built a tower to go to the moon. They knew that it is inhabitable, so they wanted to escape another flood through creating a tower where the air is sparse and fly from there a space ship to the moon. They did not fully understand that there will be no other flood.
For this reason Reb Moshe ztz’l did not want his teshuvas translated as most situations discussed only apply in those particular circumstances.
ויהי בימי שפוט השופטים – או לדור ששופטים את שופטיהם The Midrash says on, it was at the days when the judges (were) judged – It is bad for the generations that judge their judges.
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The Yismach Moshe says that shemita is related to Shabbos. In 7 years there is a year of shabbosim which one must rest to make up for any shabbos violations. 7 x 52 = 364 plus one day left over each year being another 7 days generating an extra shabbos and adding one more. 364 + 1 = 365
At Kol Nidrei the Shatz says that we are matir to daven with the violators. This was instituted in order to able to daven with the maranos who they attested to that they only disguised themselves to protect themselves from the Spanish Inquisition.
coffee addict, my father a’h had joke where one sends away an order, writes at the end, I just checked my storeroom and noticed that I have the merchandise, so don’t send me anything. You write, I could have posted but i will not.
It says לכו בנים שמעו לי יראת ה’ אלמדכם, it should have said בואו בנים? Maybe the rebbi is the ‘יראת ה when one goes away to him for help will turn one teshuva.
Entering a conservative synagogue, no but entering a church under certain circumstances, yes.
The Torah does not want us to worship any Talmid Chacham but to understand his view and the view of the other side. To do this properly, I recommend to analyze fully the Shut Yabia Omer above at Chelek 9 Teshuva 33 and then discuss this topic in a fully informed manner.
Nevill what you are saying is incorrect. The Rabonon were given the right to dispense with their gezeros to protect us from greater dangers that can occur because of them.
Tosfas in Meseches Avodah Zara 2 beginning assur, does not consider it an a’z as מנהג אבותיהם בידיהם and the RMA O”CH 156.
There is such thing as darkei shalom. The RMA in SA O’CH 334, 26, is matir to put out a fire on Shabbos.
No one waits anxiously that a gadol ch’v should die but if they do, another gadol does not have to follow them.
The Chasam Sofer says this was taught by Yaakov Avinu when he switched his hands on Yosef. Even when right becomes left we must listen to them as they know better but only in the same generation.