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Reb EliezerParticipant
If the time ran out for mincha and he forgot yaleh veyavo but at night it is not Rosh Chodash anymore
should he daven two shmonei esreis? The Tur 422, brings an argument. The Ri holds why say it with no benefit, but the Chachmei Province say that, if yaleh vayavo is left out, it is not considered davening. The Rosh rules that he should daven betoras nedava and nothing new needs to be added, because the davening itself is out of the ordinary.Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כו,ב
Whether davenen maariv is obligatory or voluntary is dependent if tefilas are after korbonas or the avos.
If after korgonos, it would be voluntary as the left over sacrifices were voluntary over night. but after avos would be obligatory as Yaakov Avinu is not worse than the other avos.Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כו,א
The RMA SA O’CH 89,1 says that we can’t daven shacharis after chatzos. The question is, as davenen is based on the tamid and mincha starts at 12 1/2 hours when nightly tamid starts, what about davenen shacharis in the half hour from chatzos until mincha starts? The MB s’k 7 there discusses this.
In reality mincha starts from chatzos (according to the GRA, who says on the first mishna in the masechte that speaking in plural, nights means after chatzos when sun turns west and the shkia) but chazal had us wait an extra half hour to be sure to daven mincha the proper time, therefore we should not daven shacharis then, rather daven two mincha shmonei esreis for makeup. If we already davened shacharis then, we don’t have to repeat it.Reb EliezerParticipantCorrection to reply # 1826543 should be drown out her voice.
January 28, 2020 7:15 pm at 7:15 pm in reply to: Why is the Wider Frum Public Making a Big Deal Over Bryant’s Death #1826906Reb EliezerParticipantlower, the word niftar means depart doesn’t even mean dead like ‘הנפטר מחבירו וכו
Reb EliezerParticipantGH, A joke comes to mind, a galach once asked a Jew, how come that by you there are no levels, eveyone is a rabbi? The Jew answered him, by us you can become god.
Reb EliezerParticipantThe problem is if they lack maturity, it will lead to divorce. Maybe they should have shalom bayis classes.
Reb EliezerParticipantA tzadik is someone who cares for others. Noach and Yosef supported others whereas Chanoch did not want to do anything with others, so Hashem said, malachim we don’t need here. I was told that tzadik stands for, צפון. דרום. ימה. ,קדמה he spreads himself over the four directions.
Reb EliezerParticipantלא ניתנה תורה למלאכי השרת the Torah was not given to malachim. To understand this better, it says דרכיה דרכי נועם the ways of Torah are sweet. If we don’t feel it, we are doing something wrong. The Torah does not require us to do something we cannot do because than the Torah would become bitter.
The Dubner Magid explains this with a mashel. A man was invited by someone to stay over. He took along his necessities in a package. Wanting to help him, the host asked his servant to bring it in. When he brings it in, he is sweating and looks exhausted. The guest tells him, this cannot be my package as mine is light and you would not be sweating and exhausted from it. When we are exhausted from keeping the Torah, we are not doing the right thing. Doing the right thing by following the Torah is its own benefit שכר מצוה מצוה, the reward of doing a mitzva, is the mitzva itself, as it brings us enjoyment and tranquility.Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כה,ב
The common expression in the gemora תיקו – תושבי יתרץ קושיות ואעביות referring to Eliyahu Hanovi will come to answer all questions and shalahs, so why isn’t his name mentioned? Maybe, the Chasam Sofer questions that he is malach, so how can you follow him? He answers that if he comes as a human being, his views are accepted. This is what is implied here. He comes from his place of residence as a human being. The other question is, why not Moshe Rabbenu after techiyas hamesim? They answer that we need someone who understands things because he lived through the times.
Reb EliezerParticipantכל הנשמה תהלל י-ה We should not forget to praise Hashem for every breath-take.
כל עצמותי תאמרנה ה’ מי כמוך – All my bones say Hashem who is like You. Keeping my body healthy and intact, who else can do that.
People shokel by davenen to have the whole body daven. I heard that some rebbe was questioning the shockeling right to left saying we should indicate ‘yes’ by shockeling forward and backward rather than ‘no’ by shokeling right to left. Reb Moshe ztz’l stopped shokeling because of a story I heard. A Russian soldier pointed a rifle at him and he was so shocked that he could not move. He said I want to apply this feeling towards Hashem.
Reb EliezerParticipantA person wearing a catheter should (if he can) stop davening when it is flowing. Piskei Teshuvas 78
Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כה,א
There is a common shalah in Yechaveh Daas (3,1) from Rav Ovadyah Yosef ztz’l someone in the middle of tefila goes to the bathroom, should he wash his hands there? Even though we separate the toilets by doors and they get flushed, it is better to wash the hands outside. If he does wash his hands there, the brocho should certainly be made outside.
Reb EliezerParticipantGH, is that gadol hador?
Reb EliezerParticipantThere is a story where the Kalever heard a peasant was singing a song as he liked the tune, he bought it from the peasant and he changed the words known as the hungarian holy song The rooster crows alredy. Once he bought it from him, the pesaant forgot the song.
January 27, 2020 10:17 pm at 10:17 pm in reply to: Why is the Wider Frum Public Making a Big Deal Over Bryant’s Death #1826615Reb EliezerParticipantThe Rambam says that gazel akim is assur miderabonon not to learn from it. They also say baby boys can have dolls to install in them feelings. So, hearing this awakens our feelings.
Reb EliezerParticipantWhen a man is saying krias shma, the upper body and lower body must be separated such that the heart should not see, get influenced by the lower body. A belt or rubber band in the underware satisfies this requirement. A gartel is not used for this purpose, but for hikon, as a preparation for davenen. My Rebbi, the Mattersdorfer Rav, Rav Shmuel Ehrenfeld ztz’l wore his gartel under his kapote. Only a pasul sefer torah has the gartel outside.
Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כד,,ב
The Aim Habonim Semecha discusses in great detal about going to Eretz Yisroel.
Before the coming of meshiach, we must build the Beis Hamikdash and on top of that will come the one from fire. This effort should be done in unity by having everyone willing to participate. The Tosfas Yom Tov in Perek 5 of Maaser Sheni mishna 2 quotes the Yerushalmi there. A prove to this is from Nachem. It says there I will be, Hashem says, a wall of fire ‘around it’. Around what? This indicates that the wall of fire will come from above on top of the Beis Hamikdash we build.
The Aim Habonim Samecha says that this redemption will come slowly, so we have to contibute to it by going to Eretz Yisroel whereas the Mihchas Elozor from Munkatch holds that this happens spontaneously, so we must stay in Chutz Laaretz until Meshiach comes. The Aim Habonim Samecha, who happens to be a student of his, says that we are not on the Minchas Elozor’s level to be worthy for a spontaneos redemption, but he will arrive as a poor person riding on a donkey.Reb EliezerParticipantWhen it comes to the women’s voice considered by the gemora erva, the Rebbe Reb Yonasan Eibshutz ztz’l in his sefer Tiferes Yanoson says that is why Miryam took a drum to draw out her voice.
Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כד,א
We will discuss whether we can say krias shma infront of married woman’s uncovered hair. The gemora says that hair is erva. In SA 75 MB establishes, in the beginning of the siman, the difference between real erva and hair. Real erva, an uncovered body part of a women, must be covered for davenen. Hair is not real erva. The issur is hirhur (distracting the mind) which can be remedied by either closing the eyes or looking away. Some say that closing the eyes is not enough, therefore, the remedy is looking away.
The Aruch Hashulchon there s’k 7 recognizes a rampant problem of women not covering their hair and that itself is the heter. He cites from the Mordechai in the name of the Ravyeh that when people become accustomed to a bad behavior, it does not affect them anymore. Therefore, hair will not cause hirhur and men can lein krias shma infront of them. The MB’s view is that two wrongs don’t make a right, and the same way biblically they have to cover their hair on the street, so to do they have to cover there hair among men.
Over here, we see that Torah does not seem to accept this ruling, otherwise why cover the hair?
We find by a sotah that her hair is being uncovered to ashame her, so normally her hair is covered.Reb EliezerParticipantObviously, in Chasam Sofer’s time there was no car. He ruled over a steamboat which rocks one, disturbs his tranquility.
Reb EliezerParticipantIt could be as tthere is a minhag to make Yom Kippur Katan for a time of teshuva at least twice a year, they blow shofar to wake people up.
Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כב,ב
In SA O’CH 581 for Erev Rosh Hashanah and the RMA SA O’CH 606,4 for Erev Yom Kippur pasken to purify oneself for the holidays. These is because of kerii, so they rule that 9 kavin (shower) is sufficient. To learn how to do this, see the Taz O’CH 88, where his feet are in water and water reaches his whole body through a continuous fkow.
Reb EliezerParticipantThere is an argument between the RMA and the Taz in YD 334 if we put someone in cherem (excomunicate), the RMA says yes and we don’t look and consequences, but the Taz questuions it. Similarly, litvishe Roshei Yeshivas are reluctant to do it. Sometimes they make an agreement before accepting him that the parents should know ahead time, if required, they have the right to throw him out.
Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כב,א
The Shagas Aryeh 67, discusses the Rosh, whether currently the rule חייב אדם לטהר את עצמו לפני הרגל one should purify himself for the holidays applies as we have no Beis Hamikdash and no sacrifices. He rules that it does not.
Similarly, חייב אדם לקבל את רבו ברגל a person is obligated to visit his Rebbi on holidays. The Noda Beyehudah rules that currently it does not apply. The shechina is stiil at the place of the Mikdash and since he can’t go there, he can’t see his Rebbi either, otherwise his Rebbi becomes greater than the shechina.Reb EliezerParticipantAccording to the Chasam Sofer you are still violating the asei of shabosan (resting).
Reb EliezerParticipantTo understand the above logic Tosfas in Kidushin 39,2 starting words machshovo, explains that by Jews a good thought is counted as action but a bad thought is not whereas by the goyim the opposite is true a good thought is not counted as action but a bad thought is. Why? The Maharal explains that the atzmius of a Jew is good, so if he thinks of doing good, he will convert into action but bad he might not whereas a goy is the reverse. According to this, since a Jew does not want to do an aveiroh but the yetzer hara influences him, it would not be just, when the Jew wants to do a mitzva to force on him an averoh.
Reb EliezerParticipantShould be above, he is speaking. so why is that not a hafsek in the middle of shmonei esrei?
Reb EliezerParticipantIn SA O’CH 109,3 says that if one is in the middle of shmonei esrrei other than kedusha, he should stay quiet to listen to kedusha as שומע כעונה, hearing is like answering. This rule is also used when hearing the leining of the megilla, so they ask we must lein aloud from a megilla and he does not have these, so how can he be yotzei the mitzva of leining the megilla? The answer is, that it does not mean he is leining with his own mouth but ihis mouth is speaking with the voice of the baal korreh who has a megilla. But, he is speaking, so why is that not hafaek in the middle in of shmonei esrei?
They say that one who wants to do a mitzva can not be forced to do an aveira. We find a similar idea in Bava Metzia 96,2 איסווא לא ניחא ליה דלקני one does not want to acqure an issur e.g. chametz through kinyan chatzer.Reb EliezerParticipantPeople daven with the baal tefila directly, on purpose, the Elyah Rabba (109,9), who was a talmid of the RMA, says that it can be done directly.
January 25, 2020 11:15 pm at 11:15 pm in reply to: Why does Biden get a pass Or ”the donkey in the room ” #1825972Reb EliezerParticipantklugeryid, I agree with you, he should have never let himself be coerced.
Reb EliezerParticipantThere is a joke which I heard happened to the Satmar Rov. Rav Yoel ztz’l where he was asked who should get maftir, a choson, or a bar mitzva? He answered, whoever is older.
Reb EliezerParticipantContinuing on the above discussion of tefila betzibur. It says in SA O’CH 109,2 that over here the late comer would start with the baal tefila and say kedusha with him and not as usual with the tzibur. The RMA says there that it is not direct action. The Taz explains the view of the pointing to O’CH 125 that the tzibur should listen quietly to the baal tefila and over here he is saying kedushah with him. The Igros Moshe O’CH 3,9 argues pn the above Chasam Sofer likut shut 3 mentioning the RMA above. He can’t understand the Chasam Sofer such that he thinks the whole view of the Chasam Sofer is in error. The Shevet Halevi 4,11 says that he happens to recognize the words of the Chasam Sofer and what he is writing is correct. I don’t personally understand Reb Moshe ztzl question on the Chasam Sofer as Tosfas’ chidush is that the late comer recites kadusha together with the shliach tzibur and not with the tzibur which seems to follow exactly the view of the Chasam Sofer that the shliach tzibur creates the tefila betzibur.
Reb EliezerParticipantTo correct an error in reply #1824798 ben hashmoshos is not 12 1/2 min but 3/4 mil = 3//4 of 18 min = 13 1/2 min.
Reb EliezerParticipantThe law is that withholding funds appropriated by Congreess must be notified to them.
Reb EliezerParticipantsam1, obsttucting impeachment is a crime. The Constitution Article II Section 2 gives the sole power of impeachment to Congress and if they can’t investigate, they can’t impeach. So if there is a suspicion of wrong doing, the president must cooperate as SCOTUS ruling by Nixon with the tapes. He can stop funding for corruption, if the US has a benefit in it, but not for his self interest to undermine his opponent. He provided aid previously when there was more corruption, so the question is what made him stop?
Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כא,ב
There is an argument between Reb Moshe ztz’l and the Chasam Sofer what is tefila betzibur. The Chasam Sofer holds this is tefila bekol ram, when the baal tefila repeats the shmonei esrei who unites us with his tefila. Reb Moshe says that it is at the time when we all are davening quitely as we see by korban pesach. All brought a korban pesach individualy yet was considered a korban tzibur. Our Tosfas on the bottom of the page, who says that if you daven together quitely with the shliach tzibur you can say the whole kedusha as this is not considered tefilas yachid, seems to follow the view of the Chasam Sofer.
Reb EliezerParticipantsam1, Once Ccongress approriates funds, it is against the law not to distribute it except for valid reasons as corruption.
Reb EliezerParticipantTLIK, thanks for enlightening me with your well thought out argument and your conditions to join a kolel.
Reb EliezerParticipantThere is a hungarian saying., whoever has butter on his head should not go under the sun. The problem is that trump does not know that he has butter on his head. He thinks he did the right thing.
Reb EliezerParticipantHuman blood is assur rabinically when it separates itself from the wound as stated above because it looks like any other blood, so as long as it is on the body it is mutar. The Rambam above says, that one can swallow blood from the mouth.
Reb EliezerParticipantklugeryid, Maybe you should change your name? There is a mountain of evidence against him. I am not talking about frivolous ,accusations.
Reb EliezerParticipantברכות כא,א
To understand the statement, wouldn’t it be good if we could daven the whole day. The Chidushei Harim asks why is eating dust a curse for the snake, when dust is available everywhere? Hashem told the snake, here is your food and don’t bother Me. Hashem told him, I don’t want to do anything with you. We thank Hashem that we can daven to him על שאנחנו מודים לך for the fact we can praise You. ‘הללוי-ה הללו את ה we praise Hashem for being able to praise Him and He does not push us away from Him. מתאוה הקב’ה לתפלתן של צדיקים, HKBH desires and enjoys the prayer of the pious. We are happy that we can daven and would like to do it the whole day since it brings us closer to Hashem as the word קרבן means being close.
Reb EliezerParticipantTLIK, About learning in a kolel see a long discusion covering all early views, see Yabia Omer YD (3,17). I don’t know when it was written,but his conclusion is that it is better to sit and learn and be supported. I think he should be assigned a piece to leqrn on his own and be tested on it and then decide.
Reb EliezerParticipantsam1, look at the Constitution of the US, Article I, Secttion 7,2 about a veto ( self understood without the word)).
Reb EliezerParticipantGH, Look up the Rambam Hilchas Maacholas Assuras (6.2) ihuman blood is only assur miderabon when it separates so you are not mechaven to directly benefit fron it.
Reb EliezerParticipantGH, human blood ifrom which you don’t directly benefit , should be ok.
Reb EliezerParticipantsam1, I was very careful not to say, prove your innocence. I said disprove the accusations whidh becomes necessary under the current circumstances.
January 24, 2020 8:54 am at 8:54 am in reply to: Why does Biden get a pass Or ”the donkey in the room ” #1825633Reb EliezerParticipantklugeryid, you don’t know your histoty. Obama was against same gender until Biden forced him to change his mind.
Reb EliezerParticipantsam1, you don’t know your constitution when you say, ,anytime the president vetoes a bill is obstruction of congress. These is part of checks and balances where congress has the opportunity to override the veto.
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