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I think you should try to imagine why these people are voting Democrat. They often feel that they are not represented by Trump. They might feel he is kinda impulsive and they feel uncomfortable with a person like that in the seat of Abe Lincoln. Whiel of course they opposite is true – and it is not for nothing that the symbol of the democratic party is a donkey – the imcompetence is entirely with Harris,
Do we ever imagine a woman with word salads like Harris do some tough talking with Putin? Would we imagine her sitting down with the Ayatollah and the Mullahs of Iran ימ”ש? Only disaster could ensue from this?
But the Jews who vote democrat do this usually from a family tradition. They can poshut not imagine themselved voting for the GOP. Feel sorry for people who are misguided like that.

Why are people here, because this is exactly what they will have to overcome. If they would live with the awareness that they should only care what הקב”ה thinks of them they would probably not have face 120 years wallowing in the mud of עולם הזה.
You can’t expect of the המון עם to be holding there so early in the journey.

Is a square a triangle?

Sholom friend,
I think most people rather not say what they are willing to take on, but I will be extra careful today not talking sichas Chullin in Beis Medrash
Gut Choidesh and thanks for you great initiative!

Regarding the second one I have some anecdotal evidence. I think it was the great-great-great-grandson of Moron HaRav Elyashiv זצוק”ל, cam to ask if this illustrious forebear would serve as Sandak. This was a Tekufa that Moron did not make his time available to take the Mitzvah of Sandakois. Nevertheless this one of this offspring was the first one to sport the first grand-grand…..son להבדיל בין חיים לחיים. So he told Moron that he would be guaranteed Gan Eden. Rabbi Elyashiv mused that he was all his life working to go through the front door of Gan Eden and not through the backdoor.
This maaseh is brought in “learning to live” distributed by Feldheim, but I could not find the maaseh when I browsed through the book just not, I am sure it is there, but do not know the exact page.

AviradArah and ymribiat, both Journeys to virtue and The laws of interpersonal relationships are the same book. The author is a talmid chacham that I know personally who lives at the moment in Bnei Brak. He should have a Refuah Sheleimah besoich shor choileh Yisroel Mehayra. Awrohom Yosef ben Chana.

RBZS? What is new, that is almost exactly what I wrote. Shoin, you should have a gemar chasimah Toiva and may we all be zoiche to Bias Goayl Bimheero byomeinu…

In the 1970s and 1980s (and probably before that) Tintin was to be found in many frum European houses, I think that there were not a lot of alternatives. Many people grew up to upright shomer mitzvah Yidden and even rabbanim with the adventures of Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus.
Having that said, Tintin is far from having a Torah Hashkafa, it has even been rumoured and is still a subject of debate whether the creator of Tintin (by the pseudonym of Herge) was an antisemite. Tintin is not a very Jewish comic. Thirty, fourty years ago it was not considered as being very bad, it was more or less a necessary evil. There were no alternatives anf Tinin very often gave particular understanding about actualities in the worldnews. Now we have Gadi Polack and the like so I would very much hesitate giving them Tintin to read.

Without a doubt Toras Avigdor. Great work!

Reb Shimon, Millhouse, I am confused again. Is a Motz and dayan able to go against an outright Teshuvah of the Igrois Moishe? Okay some might claim that this comes from the famous fifth volume of Igrois Moishe (which I even think might not be true). Still it gives a very weak ground to ever do away with.
I am sure now, that my friend is Jewish (welcome the heartache once more) and the original poster is a fulll geir. Maybe the Rabbi I spoke to was not familiar with this IM. Anyways thanks for the clarifications. Ayn Simcha ela bebirur safeik. (might be a wrong quote, but you’ll understand, I never claimed to be something like a Talmid Chacham).

With all due respect. The past few days I have thought a lot about this thread (or post, or whatever you call it). I just can’t wrap my brain around it. When a person becomes Jewish, he must renounce all connection to all forms of Avoideh Zorah. He must be able to say from the depth of his heart that ALL other religions are absolute and total nonsense. Say about JC that he was one of the biggest fakes and abominations ever walking the Earth. If just not feeling accepted drives you off the Derech (I can understand that, even though I might not consider it a valid justification). That you feel that doing Mitzvos and live as a Jew is to difficult, again understandable. That you feel like eating a cheeseburger by McDonalds (albeit a very bad reason, understandable). But to go back to the folly of Christianity??
My question to the Talmidei Chachamim here; A potential Ger who toivels to become Jewish but only says that he renounces Avoideh Zorah, but in his heart he keep the possibility open to return, is that a bonafide Jew? Devorim Shebaleiv einam Devorim. Or do we say that his actions (at a later date) confirm his Leiv?
I had a very good friend. He became a Jew. He got married and had a lot of children. But he left his family and went OTD. It caused me a tremendous amount of heartache. (and still does). I found out that he now is living in a retreat for people who accept certain eastern philosophies.
It caused me a lot of pain. But I spoke one time with a Posek about this and he told me that he was not convinced that we can call him a Jew. Why?
The explanation was that his actions raised doubts about his original Geirus. Was he really peh wlaiv echad? Or did he leave open a kind of escape door?
I know that this is very controversial (but being myself also a GT, I like to know if anybody knows more about the subject).
To the original poster I would very much ask of you to think about your actions and ask poskim and rabbeim to clarify your status. I truly care for how you must be feeling, I am very disturbed by this whole maaiseh.

Lightbrite, you said you listened to a shiur on this. Which shiur was this? Who is the maggid shiur an was itonline? If yes can you provide a link, I ver much like to hear it, thank you.