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I think we need to differentiate the possibility of slaver from the propriety of slavery. One is legally allowed to strike their son, its a Mishna, but very often it is an iffy proposition at best. Not everything that exists ought to be used.
Slavery exists. That is, the Torah recognizes one person owning another. Ought it be is another question entirely. The Torah recognizes a Jew being kidnapped and owned by non-Jews (v’yeshbt mimenu shevi, says the Torah). Does it recommend that or consider it particularly moral?
I think this distinction makes all the difference.
I respect haredim for carrying on with fortitude under the circumstances.
I respect Popa for his initiative in starting this wonderful thread.
that would be libreoffice, nowadays. I suspect that davka can be configured to print to a printer or pdf. Why wouldn’t you be able to output the text at least to a postscript file? I don’t have davkawriter, so you will need to ask your local geek. If there is an issue, it is probably broadly across wine-running programs, not just davka so there may be a workaround online. That’s all I can say, Sorry.
there is a post on the davkawriter forum on this. Basically you are looking for a wine printer, because davka is working on wine
I remember the chazon ish writing that the ritva was wrong. At least he thought he can say so.
DaasYochid is right of course. I’m just saying so because he signs ‘daas yochid’ while the reality is that what he is saying is pretty clear from the sugya (the rashba writes it explicitly in any case)
I might suggest that stealing here is used in a broader sense of unfair advantage; wealthy people dictate the terms of contracts and employment opportunities even when the other party is obviously going along with it only because they have no choice, wealthy people monopolize opportunities and so on. Perhaps he means ‘Ill gotten wealth’, not theft in the classic sense.
In tshuvos maharam el shakar siman kuf (100) he quotes a teshuva from rav hai gaon on the subject. Rav Hai gaon firmly felt that selling olam habah was a farce and couldn’t work anymore than selling your mood, personality or thoughts
My two cents is that all the things mentioned in that gemarah are things that seem arbitrary – why does it rain some years and others not? Thats why we consider these to be decided upon case by case by Hashem and not in a system, as is the general teva. But how Hashem makes it rain? Through a malach!
A prepaid sim goes for 30 shekel = ~$8 and there is no charge other than for calls. Incoming calls free. You will find yourself talking less. Probably the best deal.
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I learned that chazarah is something very different: it should be short. R’ Moshe Feinstein told the boys – and practised it himself – that one should not relearn the daf, rather read through it without concentrating too much. He said six minutes a daf. Only Chazer the gemarah, not rashi or tosfos (although naturally you will be learning the sugya with their perush) because you will get bogged down. Chazzar while the subject is fresh (as the gemarah says, Atiki kasha machaedta). Chazzar three blatt a day.
Chazzarah is a flow. It is enjoyable to relax and let the familiar words of the gemarah flow past. Most people who claim that chazarah is hard and that they have no taam in it are simply doing it wrong.
troll….
I’d look in the introduction to the sefer Ruach Chaim – the perush of Rabbi Chaim of Velozshon on Avos. The intro is called Meinei Yehoshua and traces the statements of Tannaim to their natures. If you don’t have a copy, search for it on Hebrewbooks.org.
My thoughts: I don’t know kids going off. I do however see observence levels slipping and hemlines rising. And I have a hunch why: we live in second/third generation Judaism. Religion is becoming more institutionalized and set from day to day. I know many “nisht of Shabbos geredt” yidden. Their commitment is skin-deep and unauthentic. And their kids pick it up. They know that you need to talk a good talk, but in practice you can cut corners, cheat and tune out. And nothing can affect them, because they say to themselves “Sure, sounds nice, but its all just talk, right?”
They need to see mesirus nefesh, that is the only thing that will get through to them, I think.
There is a takanas ezrah that peddlers sell cosmetics in towns so that Jewish women look pretty. Miriam knew that Moshe separated from his wife Tzipporah because she stopped dressing up for him (Yalkut).
So Jewish women ought to look nice and presentable. They should not be seductive, at least in public. That is what Yeshaya was discussing.
I hope that frum Jewish women today dress within those lines. Its not the details – the necklace or whatever – but the general profile.
I find google hangouts invaluable
I looked carefully at the Rashi in Bereshis and the Machzor Vitri. I also examined other rishonim that talk about that pasuk in Bereshis. It seems there are two ways of reading the pasuk: 1. In G-d’s form Man was created. 2. Man was created with a form, or a mold. Some Rishonim explain the first way, others, the second (see Rashbam and Chizkuni) The Rashi can be read either way. The simple reading is like the former, the Mizrachi and Levush explain that he meant the latter.
Rashi elsewhere – in avos, as quoted, and in devarim where he explains “killilas Elokim taluy” does say pretty clearly that man is created in G-d’s actual image. The Machzor Vitry seems to me to be underscoring that and saying that the previously quoted reading of the Rashbam and Chizkuni are wrong.
Ok, so there are two readings of the text. Lets go with the one saying that man is created in G-d’s actual image. Does that mean that G-d has athlete’s foot, as man does? Of course not. All it means is that there is some correlation – physical or spiritual between man and G-d. For instance: Man is physically created in the same form as G-d takes spiritually.
I see no indication – none at all – that G-d has any physical form.
The Raavad is in Hilchos tshuva 3:7. The Sefer HaIkkarim is in the Fourth chelek, I’m pretty sure. Look in the chapter title – he notes in the title that he will be discussing the question.
The Sefer HaIkkarim (Rishon) discusses this very question long ago, and he brings proof from Rabbi Hillel that one is not an apikorus if one erred honestly. Nebech an apikorus is not an apikorus.
Another thought that comes to mind is that on the Rambam in hilchos Tshuvah who writes that someone believing that Hashem is physical is a min, the Raavad comments that many of our greatest believed so in error, and they are not apikorsim. So the Raavad, at least, certainly holds that nebech an apikorus is not an apikorus.
Perhaps the Raavad does imply that the Rambam feels that nebech an apikorus is also an apikorus. Otherwise, what is his objection?
there are a few classical sources dealing with them: see Eretz Chemdah at the end of the Yachin UBoaz mishnayos Sanhedrin where he suggests that they are remmennents of previous worlds, the Netziv in his Chumash suggests that they were crossbreeds (which can permute into huge and interesting creatures, like the liger today) and neither suggests they were in the teivah
Its not if to grovel or not to grovel. Neither he nor anyone else that has their hands full have time to debate. So if there is a sincere asking of clarification it may be forthcoming. Usually these things come out as challenges. A challenge will be ignored.
I have had success with Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, Rav Chaim Kaniefsky and Rav Moshe Mordechai Karp of Kiryat Sefer among others.
who is hosting? I think that has a lot to do with whose standards prevail. Or the location; if it is in a mixed seating community or if it is in the non-mix area.
hum “vzakeni” – its not Torah! (there are many others like it, that are either a prayer or a wise saying, but not Torah)
False. Its completely true that people generally believe what they want ot believe. No question about that. However a sincere truth seeker can sideline his negios enough to give the other side a hearing. The truth can emerge.
In Israel in the Charedi communities it has become common for women to come to the selichos every day. The 12:30 ones are full of women (more girls, though) and the early morning 7 AM selichos also have a nice showing of women.
guys I think we are all missing the point: the Rosh Yeshiva considered someone who is having an iPhone in defiance of the call of the rabbanim to get rid of them as someone who defies the poskim and has placed himself out of normative good standing. He did not want such a person as an eid. It could have been anything the fellow was doing that flouted torah norms. Its not about the iPhone.
(You may argue that the call to get rid of all our iPhones is anyhow not being heeded or that it was based on inaccurate information or whatever. The point is that the Rosh Yeshiva did take it seriously)
kol hakovod!
I do simple editing and have found free, open source Avidemux a pleasure and a breeze. It can do loads of stuff. I’d give it a try before learning more complicated programs
geni is very popular and has the advantage of lots of info already been filled in
sounds like a cookie issue – make sure your browser allows cookies. Otherwise next time you visit gmail it has no idea that you were the fellow logged in last time. Go to options, privacy or something like that.
I think it means that if you were there youi can easily ascertain it, and yidden and goyim is an excellent example, as are meat stores. However kvarim (underground and out of sight) or if this was used as a nachal eisan etc. cannot be ascertained by a site visit. So thats why they are not kavua. So no, no need for it to be speaking of women
“Hot” has a very cheap, pay as you go, plan. they charge 10 agurot to pretty much anywhere. Google for them. (They give you only the Sim)
I did not see this emphasized, so I’m going to try and say this delicately. Our girls are truly educated to the highest standards of tznius. Part of the experience is downplaying the sensual parts within us and focusing on the spiritual. But the truth is that we are not all that spiritual. Moshe Rabbenu’s wife used to wear makeup at his insistence. Her not wearing makeup was a sign that they had separated. (Yalkut) So without laying blame, but rather with a view towards helping things along, one thing you may want to try is ensuring that his needs are being met. I have known too many couples where this was not the case, unfortunately.
When a kid shows signs of hunger, he is not being fed at home. The same goes for pursuit of Taava on the internet.
Biologists believe that a giant cannot look like a human. The reason is that someone with a body 4x4x4 is not twice 2x2x2, but eight times bigger. So the legs need to be eight times the size. So even though a normal person may be 1x1x3, Og was 9×4. (See Ibn Ezra)
The Chinuch explains that we have a migrash – an area outside the city reseved for trees and greenery in order to that there be parks and a “green zone”. So that might be an eco-mitzvah.
Do you want a job with prestige or to make a lot of money? If its parnassah you seek, become a plumber or electrician. The women at home will be thrilled with a female plumber and you will have lots of business. And a plumber easily makes more than a doctor… its incredible what they charge!
I know the plural of anecdotes is not data. However all the divorces I have seen – besides two – were demanded by the wife. I somehow suspect that this was part of the Cheshbon for granting the power of divorce to the husband.
Now flame away…
you can edit your likes and dislikes so that even the ads you do see will be for kosher things
FaceBook is a big timewaster. One real consideration is to know if you need it or not. If its just for fun, there’s so many better ways to kill time. If you need it, you need it.
There is a shach that permits copying (obviously by hand) a Torah manuscript because it is permitted to steal Torah. The inference is that it would be forbidden to steal other information. Like Copying a CD, for instance.
Its not clear to me what material object you are stealing, and stealing an idea is not geneiva, so far as I have ascertained. Yet the Shach does seem to forbid it.
Ask you LOR!
What about Dvorah Doresh?
I think that you could go to gutenberg (dot org) site and find old Sherlock Holmes stories and Father Brown stories (Chesterton, I think) They are superb and clean. The only drawback is the slightly dated English. Another option there is the Detective Pinkerton stories, which are true stories, although not as exciting.
I think the point of beis din being able to force is that Mitzvos are not optional, done voluntarily. Its like a man providing for his family; he ought to WANT to do it, but at the end of the day he is obligated to do it, like it or not, and that is enforceable in court. So too the Mitzvos are something we want to do, but we are also obligated to them, and Beis Din (once) enforces it.
Nowadays we don’t enjoy having to do anything. We want it to be all our choice. But that is not servitude to Hashem. That is being our own boss.
I think its a wonderful message!
We have the same thing in our family. Here is my advice; don’t try to fix things. But you, the next generation, can have a wonderful relationship with everyone, both your cousins AND THIER PARENTS. As one cousin told me; “In our family there aren’t just issues – there are issues within issues!” It can be too much to unravel. And there is nothing holding you back from forging your own family relationships, as we have done.
Sam2: That’s because the criterion for bishul was formulated as anything that is standard bishul, derech bishul (although many achronim still feel that only fire is truly derech bishul, and microwaves are not d’oraisa…)
However about other things like bugs in fruits and treifos and killing lice on shabbos, chazal used contemporary knowledge and that is what is binding even today.
My two cents;
The shach argues regularly on Rishonim, I can think of about ten places offhand. However, he is very reluctant to argue against the Bahag and the others of thart time, because they were Geonim, and they did not write their own thoughts, rather they were actually quoting Ravina and Rav Ashi (as the Shach puts it; “kol divreihem divrei kabalka”). So there is a difference between the rishonim and the Geonim.
The one who said the Gra was like the Rashba was Rav Chaim Velozoner in the Hakdamak to Sifra Dtzniusa, not the Gra himself.
According to the Rambam in the Hakdamah to the Yad, you can argue on anyone until the Gemarah (possibly this includes the Geonim, I don’t know), but as all of us know, you would need to be either very sure or very foolish to do so.
P.s.; the Chazon Ish with regard to sukkah is not arguing on anyone; he is rather quoting a minhag in Lita to be machmir for the shita of the ran and ramban AND RITVA that the maimod needs to be of something kosher for schach. So that was a misquote. However the Chazon Ish does argue on Rishnim, I can remeber one chazon ish in kilayim who argues head-on with a Ritva
My humble opinion is that what you call science is not so. In many things Chazal did not know the truth, yet the Torah was intended to be codified and fashioned into a practical Torah, halkacha lemeisa, which is impossible unless one takes a stand about the scientific truth of what is happening. Hence we have treifos that live just fine, and others, that die, yet are not considered treifos. This ought not to be considered an error; it is the effect of Hashem telling fallible humans to codify the Torah. Such is Hashem’s will. (Chazon Ish. He elaborates that there was even a certain period to do this codifying; the two thousand years of Torah, he calls them)
So I would say that there is no science in the gemara; it is instead “halachik science”, an auxiliary to Torah.
The Rambam on health, however, is not Torah.
what, when who? You did not give us any details.
Advice? Read the classics; scientific advertising (free on the internet) as well as the boron letters, and the gary halbert letter. Also David Olgivy, both his books and so on.